{"id":250176,"date":"2021-07-31T09:26:45","date_gmt":"2021-07-31T14:26:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=250176"},"modified":"2022-01-12T15:37:51","modified_gmt":"2022-01-12T21:37:51","slug":"planned-parenthood-massachusetts-willing-give-12-year-olds-free-condoms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/planned-parenthood-massachusetts-willing-give-12-year-olds-free-condoms\/","title":{"rendered":"Massachusetts Planned Parenthoods willing to give 12-year-olds free condoms"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p>Children of virtually any age can walk into a Planned Parenthood facility in Massachusetts and receive free condoms, an article from the New Boston Post claims.<\/p>\n<p>The Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts has facilities in Boston, Worcester, Springfield, and Marlborough. In a phone interview, they told the New Boston Post that there is no age requirement for children to receive condoms or other services. \u201cYou can be 12 years old,&#8221; the Planned Parenthood representative said. &#8220;I mean, I hope, I personally hope he\u2019s not 12, you know? But if he is, be protected.\u201d The process, the representative said, is simple.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You just go to a Planned Parenthood, they\u2019re in a bowl, you take \u2019em, and you walk out,\u201d she said. \u201cThat\u2019s it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, children can receive free lubricant at Planned Parenthood facilities. Their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.plannedparenthood.org\/planned-parenthood-massachusetts\/local-training-education\/parent-buzz-newsletter\/parent-buzz-e-newsletters\/care-no-matter-what-our-doors-stay-open\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">website<\/a> also advised that children do not need parental consent for birth control, emergency contraception, pregnancy tests, or STD testing and treatment.<\/p>\n<p>In the state of Massachusetts, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mass.gov\/info-details\/massachusetts-law-about-sex\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">age of consent<\/a> is 16. The law specifically states that it is illegal to &#8220;have sex with, or to touch in a sexual way, a child under 14.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Promoting sex to children is not something that is unique to the Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts. Recently, parents in Washington state reacted with outrage when a Planned Parenthood flyer was sent home with students\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/planned-parenthood-flyer-outrage-promotes-sex-children\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">promoting sex for 11-year-olds<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ:\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/abortion-business-provider-sex-education-children\/\">The nation\u2019s most profitable abortion business is also the main provider of sex ed for children<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZDHyy9yCerg\" width=\"640\" height=\"355\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/center>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Former Planned Parenthood staffers have also <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/former-planned-parenthood-manager-contraception-abortion-coin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">spoken out<\/a> about how the corporation markets itself to children with the goal of creating lifetime customers who come to them again and again. Ramona Trevi\u00f1o, a former Planned Parenthood manager, said she thought she would be working to prevent women from getting abortions by giving them tools to prevent pregnancy.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 25px;\"><em>Working for a non-abortion center made it clear to me that contraception and abortion are two sides of the same coin. One does not exist without the other\u2026 Contraception creates a market for abortion by promoting promiscuity and providing men and women a false sense of security against an unintended pregnancy. The more promiscuous people are (especially young people), the more likely they\u2019ll become pregnant.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 25px;\"><em>The more people use birth control and adopt a contraceptive mentality, the higher the odds that they\u2019ll seek an abortion. Because, let\u2019s face it, if they\u2019re using birth control, a child is not part of the \u2018plan.\u2019 Abortion is the backup, so to speak, for contraceptive failure, misuse, or lack of self-control.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>She further explained that Planned Parenthood&#8217;s business model ultimately revolves around promoting sex.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPlanned Parenthood is not in the business of prevention,&#8221; she said. &#8220;Preventing unplanned pregnancy doesn\u2019t generate a profit. Promoting abstinence, self-control, or monogamous marriage does not keep the blood money flowing in. SEX. Sex is how Planned Parenthood meets its abortion quotas.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>And for children, there&#8217;s no difference in how they&#8217;re treated, despite the risks. \u201cRegardless of how much \u2018education\u2019 children receive, they lack the self-control and brain development to use contraception correctly and consistently,&#8221; Trevi\u00f1o explained. \u201cPlanned Parenthood is telling your kids it\u2019s okay to have sex as long as they use \u2018protection,\u2019 knowing full well that their \u2018protection\u2019 will fail.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/liveactionnewsonline\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cLike\u201d Live Action News on Facebook<\/a>\u00a0for more pro-life news and commentary!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Children of virtually any age can walk into a Planned Parenthood facility in Massachusetts and receive free condoms, an article from the New Boston Post claims. The Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts has facilities in Boston, Worcester, Springfield, and Marlborough. In a phone interview, they told the New Boston Post that there is no age [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":250214,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false},"categories":[15,4,3473],"tags":[11517,2039,145,5349,1377,14,11518,4867,10153],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Massachusetts Planned Parenthoods willing to give 12-year-olds free condoms<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"In Massachusetts, the age of consent is 16. 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