{"id":171146,"date":"2017-08-25T15:09:28","date_gmt":"2017-08-25T19:09:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=171146"},"modified":"2017-08-29T12:15:16","modified_gmt":"2017-08-29T16:15:16","slug":"reading-school-district-votes-to-keep-planned-parenthood-out-of-high-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/reading-school-district-votes-to-keep-planned-parenthood-out-of-high-school\/","title":{"rendered":"Reading School District votes to keep Planned Parenthood out of high school"},"content":{"rendered":"
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After months of delay, the Reading School Board in Pennsylvania voted 5-4 to keep Planned Parenthood out of their high school.<\/p>\n

The vote had been scheduled for May, and then June, before taking place August 23.<\/p>\n

The Reading Eagle had a record of<\/a> the votes. The no votes (votes against allowing Planned Parenthood into the school) included Brian Buerke, Bernardo Carbajal, Jean Kelleher, Julo Martinez, and Eddie Moran. Abraham Cepeda, Robin Costenbader-Jacobson, Manny Guzman and David McCoy voted in favor of allowing Planned Parenthood direct access to high school students.<\/p>\n

Buerke previously shared with Live Action News<\/a> his concerns about results, saying, “Our responsibility as a\u00a0board is to ensure that our students receive\u00a0effective<\/em>\u200b instruction and guidance….” The lack of results showing the effectiveness of such a center was again mentioned by Buerke during Wednesday\u2019s<\/span> vote.<\/p>\n

Planned Parenthood\u2019s sex-ed programs are a failure, according to<\/a> a federal report showing that students enrolled in these programs showed an increased<\/em> rate of teen pregnancy.<\/p>\n

Board member Eddie Moran said he voted no because of \u201cpolitical implications.\u201d Planned Parenthood’s brand has been somewhat tarnished by\u00a0scandals<\/a>, exposed without the help of mainstream media. Live Action encouraged readers to reach out to<\/a> the school board and inform them about the real agenda of Planned Parenthood, as evidenced by their literature for young people<\/a> on HIV\/AIDS.<\/p>\n

The program would have been spearheaded by\u00a0AccessMatters<\/a>, with Planned Parenthood running operations at the facility. Students would have received free condoms<\/a>, which some studies have shown may actually increase teen pregnancy<\/a>, and students would also have been building relationships with Planned Parenthood employees, making imparting the organization’s agenda and influence that much easier.<\/p>\n

Students would also be referred for abortions, which board member Manny Guzman downplayed, saying, “No one here is advocating sending students into Planned Parenthood for abortions \u2014 that’s just a trigger word (opponents) use to get people riled up…. We’re talking about access to information.” What kind of “information” does Planned Parenthood give to young people? Watch Live Action’s own investigation<\/a> below:<\/p>\n