{"id":252122,"date":"2021-08-30T06:37:02","date_gmt":"2021-08-30T11:37:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=252122"},"modified":"2021-09-13T18:09:35","modified_gmt":"2021-09-13T23:09:35","slug":"selling-sex-schools-whos-behind-ed-children","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/selling-sex-schools-whos-behind-ed-children\/","title":{"rendered":"Selling Sex in Schools: Who&#8217;s behind the sex ed being taught to our children?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p><strong><em>This is Part One of a four-part series. Click to read parts <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/selling-sex-children-groomed-early-sexual-activity\/\">Two<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/selling-sex-schools-ed-designed-failure\/\">Three<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/selling-sex-schools-population-control-eugenics\/\">Four<\/a>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Young. Powerful. Taking over.<\/em> That\u2019s the slogan of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.advocatesforyouth.org\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Advocates for Youth<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (AFY), a non-profit organization with a benevolent-sounding name. What, exactly, are they &#8220;taking over&#8221;? If the organization has its way, and if it is allowed to proceed on its current trajectory, it will be taking over the sex-ed curriculum at your child\u2019s school. The organization has already done so \u201cin more than 100 school districts across the U.S., reaching more than 2.5 million students,\u201d according to its\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/projects.propublica.org\/nonprofits\/organizations\/521173590\/202100119349301110\/full\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2020 tax return<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and it is poised to expand its influence on a massive scale.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Perhaps your child is one of the 2.5 million already being \u201cinstructed\u201d by this organization.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">AFY\u2019s extremist agenda, which is no secret, is major cause for alarm. It pushes for more contraception and more abortion, probably because it endorses and promotes no-strings sex \u2014 <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.advocatesforyouth.org\/issue\/growth-and-development\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">for virtually <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">all<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> age groups<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. \u201cOne of the main goals of instituting sex education in schools is to help young people reduce sexual risk behaviors (e.g., early initiation of sex, multiple sexual partners, sex without contraception or condoms, [and] substance use before or during intercourse),\u201d states one of AFY&#8217;s\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.advocatesforyouth.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Sexual-Risk-Avoidance-Programs-are-Not-Sex-Education.pdf\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">fact sheets<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Discouraging children from having sex is <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">not<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> listed among AFY&#8217;s goals. It denigrates abstinence-focused education, claiming that this sort of instruction \u201cuse[s] fear and shame to control young people\u2019s behavior, often include[s] medically inaccurate information, [and] perpetuate[s] harmful gender stereotypes&#8230;.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>\u201cConfidential\u201d and \u201cConvenient\u201d Contraception<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Instead, AFY takes a hard-line pro-contraception stance, saying this on its\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.advocatesforyouth.org\/issue\/contraceptive-access\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">website<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(emphasis added)<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Young people have the right to &#8230; access to condoms, contraception, and services. Young people in the United States and around the world need information about contraception <\/span><b>well before they become sexually active<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. They need to understand how various methods of birth control work &#8230; and where to get them. They need support and <\/span><b>encouragement<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> from their peers, adults, and the media to increase their comfort level with condoms and birth control. Importantly, they need full access to <\/span><b>confidential<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, safe, and <\/span><b>convenient<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> family planning services.\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In other words, this organization believes children are <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">entitled<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to get condoms and other forms of contraception with ease and <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">without their parents\u2019 knowledge<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To that end, AFY has launched two initiatives. It has partnered with the Trojan condom company to launch the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.advocatesforyouth.org\/campaigns\/the-condom-collective\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Condom Collective<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which it claims gives away over <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.advocatesforyouth.org\/issue\/contraceptive-access\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">one million<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> condoms per year. It has also partnered with <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ibisreproductivehealth.org\/about-us\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ibis Reproductive Health<\/span><\/a> \u2014<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0the organization behind <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/laterabortion.org\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">LaterAbortion.org<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which exists to promote exactly that, and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.medicationabortions.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MedicationAbortion.com<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which also promotes what it proclaims \u2014 to launch the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.advocatesforyouth.org\/campaigns\/free-the-pill-youth-council\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">#FreeThePill Youth Council<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which lobbies to make oral contraceptives available over-the-counter. AFY\u2019s 2019 <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/projects.propublica.org\/nonprofits\/organizations\/521173590\/202100119349301110\/full\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">tax return<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> reveals that it donated tens of thousands of dollars to campaigns aimed toward this and other pro-contraception goals:<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_252124\" style=\"width: 1210px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-252124\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-252124 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Sex-ed-amaze-article-1-image-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"956\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Sex-ed-amaze-article-1-image-1.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Sex-ed-amaze-article-1-image-1-300x239.jpg 300w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Sex-ed-amaze-article-1-image-1-768x612.jpg 768w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Sex-ed-amaze-article-1-image-1-700x558.jpg 700w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Sex-ed-amaze-article-1-image-1-500x398.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-252124\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">AFY 2019 tax return<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>READ:\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/sex-education-birth-control-access-dont-reduce-teen-pregnancy-studies-show-increase\/\">U.S. and UK studies: Sex education, birth control access don\u2019t reduce teen pregnancy<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Neither AFY\u2019s website nor its comprehensive K-12 sex ed\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dropbox.com\/s\/xeyxkj1wa6oj1yf\/3Rs_ALL_Lesson_Plans.pdf?dl=0\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">curriculum<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> seem to mention the reality of contraceptive failure, which <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/full\/10.1111\/sifp.12085\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">occurs<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> up to 13% of the time.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Corrupting Kids<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sex ed is another major component of AFY\u2019s agenda, and in addition to the previously mentioned curriculum, it has launched another very ambitious project, which<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0is <a href=\"https:\/\/amaze.org\/what-is-amaze\/\">designed to provide<\/a> \u201cmedically accurate, age-appropriate, affirming, and honest sex education.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That project is <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/amaze.org\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">AMAZE<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The parent site is targeted primarily at \u201ctweens,\u201d although the site\u2019s <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/amaze.org\/what-is-amaze\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">FAQ<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> states: \u201cIt\u2019s never too early [to] start talking.\u201d The <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/amaze.org\/jr\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">AMAZE Jr.<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> companion site is aimed at children as young as 4. \u201cAMAZE also strives to assist adults \u2026 to communicate effectively and honestly about sex and sexuality with the children and adolescents in their lives,\u201d according to the site. It primarily utilizes short videos focused on specific, often-uncomfortable topics which parents are likely to seek help in addressing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">AMAZE may initially appear relatively innocuous, and its brightly colored, fart-joke filled, cartoon character-driven videos are purpose-built to achieve precisely that effect. The content and agenda which propel AMAZE, however, are deeply insidious, propagandic, and profoundly harmful to the juvenile audience the site professes to serve.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Promoting Abortion<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The third major branch of AFY\u2019s agenda is promoting <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.advocatesforyouth.org\/issue\/abortion-access\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">abortion<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The organization not only believes young people have a \u201cright to abortion care,\u201d but that youth should lead \u201cthe fight to ensure everyone has access.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is most assuredly the goal behind the <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.advocatesforyouth.org\/abortion-out-loud\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Abortion Out Loud<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> initiative. This portion of the AFY website contains personal pro-abortion narratives, suggestions for ways kids can \u201cget involved\u201d in pro-abortion activism, and fact sheets with titles like \u201c<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.advocatesforyouth.org\/abortion-out-loud\/abortion-out-loud-resources\/abortion-law-and-policy\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Abortion Law and How it Impacts Young People<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201d and \u201c<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.advocatesforyouth.org\/resources\/health-information\/abortion-and-young-people-in-the-united-states\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Abortion and Young People in the United States<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u201d The latter condemns parental notification laws and the Hyde Amendment and claims that \u201cabortion stigma causes harm to young people.\u201d The Abortion Out Loud page also contains a box on its \u201c<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.advocatesforyouth.org\/abortion-out-loud\/abortion-out-loud-resources\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">resources<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201d page entitled \u201c<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.advocatesforyouth.org\/abortion-out-loud\/abortion-out-loud-resources\/i-need-an-abortion\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I need an abortion<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201d which links to sanitized, inaccurate descriptions of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.advocatesforyouth.org\/abortion-out-loud\/abortion-out-loud-resources\/abortion-procedures\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">abortion procedures<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and a clinic-finder link, both of which are located on abortion giant Planned Parenthood\u2019s website.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_252125\" style=\"width: 565px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-252125\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-252125\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/sex-ed-amaze-article-1-image-2-700x222.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"555\" height=\"176\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/sex-ed-amaze-article-1-image-2-700x222.jpg 700w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/sex-ed-amaze-article-1-image-2-300x95.jpg 300w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/sex-ed-amaze-article-1-image-2-768x244.jpg 768w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/sex-ed-amaze-article-1-image-2-500x159.jpg 500w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/sex-ed-amaze-article-1-image-2.jpg 908w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 555px) 100vw, 555px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-252125\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">AFY&#8217;s clinic finder link that encourages site visitors to visit Planned Parenthood<\/p><\/div>\n<p><b>Brought to You by Planned Parenthood<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Indeed, Planned Parenthood\u2019s fingerprints are all over both Advocates For Youth and AMAZE. AFY\u2019s <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.advocatesforyouth.org\/resources\/curricula-education\/sex-education-collaborative-professional-learning-standards-for-sex-education\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Professional Learning Standards for Sex Education<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> was sponsored by Planned Parenthood:<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_252126\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-252126\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-252126 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/sex-ed-amaze-article-1-image-3-700x531.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"531\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/sex-ed-amaze-article-1-image-3-700x531.jpg 700w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/sex-ed-amaze-article-1-image-3-300x228.jpg 300w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/sex-ed-amaze-article-1-image-3-768x583.jpg 768w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/sex-ed-amaze-article-1-image-3-960x730.jpg 960w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/sex-ed-amaze-article-1-image-3-500x379.jpg 500w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/sex-ed-amaze-article-1-image-3.jpg 962w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-252126\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">AFY\u2019s Professional Learning Standards for Sex Education (PP sponsorship)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8230; and fully a third of the core committee responsible for authoring those standards were Planned Parenthood staff:<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_252127\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-252127\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-252127 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/sex-ed-amaze-article-1-image-4-700x656.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"656\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/sex-ed-amaze-article-1-image-4-700x656.jpg 700w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/sex-ed-amaze-article-1-image-4-300x281.jpg 300w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/sex-ed-amaze-article-1-image-4-768x719.jpg 768w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/sex-ed-amaze-article-1-image-4-500x468.jpg 500w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/sex-ed-amaze-article-1-image-4.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-252127\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Planned Parenthood staff on Core committee<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One current AFY <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.advocatesforyouth.org\/about\/our-team\/nora-gelperin\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">staffer<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is a former Planned Parenthood employee. And mentions of the organization are <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">all over<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the AFY site&#8211;a search on \u201cPlanned Parenthood\u201d returned <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.advocatesforyouth.org\/?s=planned+parenthood&amp;paged=1\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">31 pages<\/span><\/i><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of results.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And what about that cutesy, innocuous-seeming multimedia extension of AFY\u2019s sex-ed curriculum, AMAZE? Its\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/amaze.org\/partners\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">list<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of international partners includes <em>seven<\/em> members of the International Planned Parenthood Federation:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_252128\" style=\"width: 613px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-252128\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-252128 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/sex-ed-amaze-article-1-image-5-603x700.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"603\" height=\"700\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/sex-ed-amaze-article-1-image-5-603x700.jpg 603w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/sex-ed-amaze-article-1-image-5-258x300.jpg 258w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/sex-ed-amaze-article-1-image-5-768x892.jpg 768w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/sex-ed-amaze-article-1-image-5-500x581.jpg 500w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/sex-ed-amaze-article-1-image-5.jpg 954w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 603px) 100vw, 603px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-252128\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">AMAZE international partners<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_252320\" style=\"width: 573px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-252320\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-252320 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/AMAZE-partners-2-563x700.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"563\" height=\"700\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/AMAZE-partners-2-563x700.jpg 563w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/AMAZE-partners-2-241x300.jpg 241w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/AMAZE-partners-2-768x955.jpg 768w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/AMAZE-partners-2-500x622.jpg 500w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/AMAZE-partners-2.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 563px) 100vw, 563px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-252320\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">AMAZE International partners 2<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And remember that former Planned Parenthood employee at AFY? She <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/amaze.org\/our-team\/#popup10\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">works<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for AMAZE, as well. Two of AMAZE&#8217;s Project Advisory Board <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/amaze.org\/our-team\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">members<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> are also Planned Parenthood employees:<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_252129\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-252129\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-252129 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/sex-ed-amaze-article-1-image-6-700x463.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"463\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/sex-ed-amaze-article-1-image-6-700x463.jpg 700w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/sex-ed-amaze-article-1-image-6-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/sex-ed-amaze-article-1-image-6-768x508.jpg 768w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/sex-ed-amaze-article-1-image-6-500x331.jpg 500w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/sex-ed-amaze-article-1-image-6.jpg 964w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-252129\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">AMAZE board members work for PP<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And then there\u2019s <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/amaze.org\/video\/std-testing-planned-parenthood-roo\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">this<\/span><\/a>\u00a0direct promotion of Planned Parenthood&#8217;s Roo Chatbot, which directly connects minors to the abortion corporation<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-252130\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/sex-ed-amaze-article-1-image-7-602x700.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"602\" height=\"700\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/sex-ed-amaze-article-1-image-7-602x700.jpg 602w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/sex-ed-amaze-article-1-image-7-258x300.jpg 258w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/sex-ed-amaze-article-1-image-7-768x893.jpg 768w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/sex-ed-amaze-article-1-image-7-500x582.jpg 500w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/sex-ed-amaze-article-1-image-7.jpg 968w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 602px) 100vw, 602px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Advocates For Youth and its subsidiary project, AMAZE \u2014 both of which are producing content which is currently being used in schools across the nation \u2014 are heavily influenced by Planned Parenthood, which has significant influence in both organizations.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But in what ways and to what end are they influencing our children, and why should parents be concerned? These subjects will be addressed in the subsequent installments of Live Action News&#8217; &#8220;Selling Sex in Schools&#8221; series.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>Editor&#8217;s Note, 8\/31\/21: Information has been added to this article since its original publication date.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/liveactionnewsonline\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cLike\u201d Live Action News on Facebook<\/a>\u00a0for more pro-life news and commentary!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is Part One of a four-part series. Click to read parts Two, Three, and Four. Young. Powerful. Taking over. That\u2019s the slogan of Advocates for Youth (AFY), a non-profit organization with a benevolent-sounding name. What, exactly, are they &#8220;taking over&#8221;? 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