If I had known that what my mother was doing was against the law, I might have felt more able to say no. It would have given me an out to say, “But you can't do this. It's against the law.” It's not that Witnesses really pay much attention to the law when they want something, but it might have helped me. Certainly, I think if my mother had known it was against the law, maybe she wouldn't have been so eager to arrange for me to be out from underneath her roof.
I think a bill alone is not enough. We need to be able to find ways to let children, young people, know what their human rights are. I think this is something that needs to be taught in schools. If we have a bill, then we need to be able to have courses or classes in school where these kids can get the information about what is legal, what isn't, and what their rights are.