WND reports this most disappointing news.

An attempt by Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, to add language to the omnibus spending bill in Congress to require parental consent for any mental-health screening done to children with federal money has failed.

The language was proposed to blunt the effect of a program proposed by the New Freedom Commission on Mental Health, which President Bush established in 2002. The New Freedom Initiative recommends screening not only for children but eventually for every American.

Thank Arlen (he who was just made the head of the Senate Judiciary Committee) and Bill. Wonder how much they got paid to block it. Apparently they don’t have school aged kids or they might think twice about supporting something that can and will lead to mandatory drugging of children.

“We believe the drug companies and the psychiatric establishment convinced Sens. Arlen Specter and Bill Frist to block it,” said Kent Snyder, executive director of the Paul-founded Liberty Committee. “We are extremely disappointed that the conference committee ultimately rejected Dr. Paul’s language and that it was not added to the omnibus spending bill.”

Senator Paul’s not giving up and neither should we. There is a new Congress next year and maybe some sense can be knocked into people by then. Sure hope so.