Which of the following is an accurate statement about the Convention on the Rights of the Child?
A) The United States was one of the first countries in the world whose legislature ratified it.
B) Opponents maintain that the Convention's provisions would shift the burden of child rearing from the state to the family.
C) Although it includes the rights to freedom of thought and freedom of religion, it does not include the right to a free compulsory education.
D) The United States is one of only two countries in the world whose legislature has not yet ratified it.

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The United States is currently one of only two countries (the other being Somalia) that has not ratified the Convention on the Rights of the Child. The other options are inaccurate: A is false because the United States has still not ratified the convention, B is a critique of the convention rather than a statement about it, and C is false because the convention does include the right to education.

Which of the Following Is an Accurate Statement About the Convention