At a press conference at the state Capitol, Republican candidate Bob Stefanowski said there are certain decisions that should be made by parents, and said he supports eliminating any mandates for kids to wear masks or mandatory COVID vaccines.

By Christine Stuart, CTNewsJunkie.com 

Republican gubernatorial candidate Bob Stefanowski stepped into a culture war Tuesday when he said he wants to “give parents the right to raise their kids.”

Stefanowski released a “parental bill of rights” as part of his campaign, which calls for age-approrpiate sex education, a ban on transgender female athletes competing in girls high school sports, and allowing reasonable recourse to students and staff who do not want to be vaccinated against COVID-19.

“Let parents – not the school district, not the state of Connecticut – decide when and how to discuss sensitive sex education issues,” Stefanowski said.

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