{"id":330227,"date":"2025-04-26T11:25:28","date_gmt":"2025-04-26T16:25:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=330227"},"modified":"2025-04-25T00:35:05","modified_gmt":"2025-04-25T05:35:05","slug":"planned-parenthood-coalition-sexually-graphic-books-schools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/planned-parenthood-coalition-sexually-graphic-books-schools\/","title":{"rendered":"How a Planned Parenthood coalition fights to keep sexually graphic books in schools"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The COVID-19 pandemic raised parents&#8217; awareness of disturbing content in children\u2019s public school curriculum. M<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">any parental advocacy groups continue to argue that the indoctrination in children&#8217;s classrooms and libraries effectively grooms children to become <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/planned-parenthood-promotes-benefits-transgender-ideology\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">future patients of Planned Parenthood<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/defund-planned-parenthood-extremist-coalition-sex-miseducators\/\">Live Action News<\/a> has reported, Planned Parenthood, Advocates for Youth (with digital media arm AMAZE), and<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/sex-ed-leader-prenatal-development-stigmatize-abortion\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">SIECUS<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0are all members of the Future of Sex Education (FoSE) coalition and part of a web of sex miseducators<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, the FoSE coalition is not just providing sex education curricula in classrooms. Because the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ala.org\/aboutala\">American Library Association (ALA)<\/a> and affiliated organizations share many of the same views and associations as the FoSE coalition, the coalition&#8217;s materials have easily made their way onto children\u2019s bookshelves across the country. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.thinkprogress.org\/can-we-adapt-sex-ed-for-the-new-lgbt-inclusive-america-2b1797e5e45f\/\">In 2015<\/a>, Planned Parenthood ramped up its intentions to include more \u2018LGBT-inclusive\u2019 content in its youth sex-ed programs<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, citing the growing number of children identifying as LGBT+ as the reason for the expansion. But to fully implement this agenda and expand the consumer base, Planned Parenthood and its associates would need more than sex-ed curriculum. The FoSE&#8217;s collaboration with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ala.org\/aboutala\">ALA<\/a> allows the coalition to target youth, subvert parents, and bypass state <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">restrictions on sex-ed programs by <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ensuring that certain sexually explicit and controversial material is placed in public schools and local libraries.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>ALA&#8217;s ties to Planned Parenthood<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The ALA has historic and current ties with Planned Parenthood.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 1978, the Council of the American Library Association<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/alair.ala.org\/server\/api\/core\/bitstreams\/a41d83e0-d047-4570-b07d-35c5267f253c\/content\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">filed a resolution<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> espousing its belief that librarians should have an &#8220;active role&#8221; in &#8220;providing sex-related education, materials, programs, and referral services,&#8221; urging librarians to ensure &#8220;comprehensive sex-related education materials, programs, referral and health services <strong>for youth<\/strong> are <strong>available and publicized<\/strong>&#8221; (emphases added).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This 1978 resolution was submitted to the Planned Parenthood Federation of America Inc. &#8220;for inclusion in their Positive Policy Handbook of organization statements supporting sexual health and education services for youth.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_330252\" style=\"width: 676px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-330252\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-330252 \" src=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/ALA-document-PP.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"666\" height=\"865\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/ALA-document-PP.jpg 700w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/ALA-document-PP-231x300.jpg 231w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/ALA-document-PP-539x700.jpg 539w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/ALA-document-PP-500x649.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 666px) 100vw, 666px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-330252\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">ALA Resolution supporting Planned Parenthood<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The ALA supports easy access to information on abortion <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ala.org\/news\/2012\/12\/american-library-association-ala-condemns-proposed-state-legislation-limiting-access#:~:text=As%20members%20of%20a%20profession,public%20concern%20and%20individual%20liberty.\">for all populations<\/a>, including children, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">stating its commitment to &#8220;stand firm in opposing any effort to suppress access to information about reproductive health, including abortion, whether for medical purposes or as a matter of public concern and individual liberty.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The group openly advocates for abortion and &#8216;gender affirming&#8217; policies to such an extent that the<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/americanlibrariesmagazine.org\/2023\/05\/01\/lets-talk-about-it\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">American Libraries<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, a publication of the ALA, cautions its members when partnering with local Catholic-affiliated hospitals for educational purposes. &#8220;Although Catholic hospitals make up a significant percentage of hospitals throughout the United States,&#8221; the publication warns, &#8220;they rarely provide information about or services related to sterilization, abortion, contraception, or LGBTQIA+ issues.&#8221;\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Similar to the FoSE coalition for sex-ed, the ALA is part of a large coalition known as the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/ncac.org\/about-us\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">National Coalition Against Censorship<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (NCAC), which also includes Planned Parenthood Federation of America in addition to the organization <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/pen.org\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">PEN America<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-330253 \" src=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/NCAC-members-part-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"724\" height=\"525\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/NCAC-members-part-1.jpg 680w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/NCAC-members-part-1-300x218.jpg 300w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/NCAC-members-part-1-500x363.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 724px) 100vw, 724px\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_330254\" style=\"width: 425px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-330254\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-330254\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/NCAC-members-page-2-615x700.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"415\" height=\"472\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/NCAC-members-page-2-615x700.jpg 615w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/NCAC-members-page-2-264x300.jpg 264w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/NCAC-members-page-2-500x569.jpg 500w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/NCAC-members-page-2.jpg 647w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 415px) 100vw, 415px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-330254\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Screengrabs for NCAC coalition. Source: https:\/\/ncac.org\/about-us\/coalition<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">PEN America, <a href=\"https:\/\/pen.org\/the-history-of-pen\/\">founded in 1922<\/a>, has a mission <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;to unite writers and their allies to celebrate creative expression and defend the liberties that make it possible.&#8221; The organization<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0has<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/pen.org\/?s=planned+parenthood\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">numerous associates<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and staff who previously (or currently) worked or interned for Planned Parenthood, and has publicly supported abortion as &#8220;reproductive rights,&#8221; &#8220;human rights,&#8221; and &#8220;bodily autonomy.&#8221;\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After the<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/pen.org\/press-release\/pen-america-free-expression-rights-are-threatened-by-overturning-roe-v-wade\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">overturning of <em>Roe v. Wade<\/em><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, PEN America&#8217;s former CEO<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/pen.org\/profile\/suzanne-nossel\/\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Suzanne Nossel<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> stated:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Reproductive rights are human rights. We stand in solidarity with all rights defenders leading the fight for reproductive freedom.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As a human rights organization, we are deeply alarmed by a decision to brazenly roll back the right to bodily autonomy. When certain well-established rights are treated as dispensable, all other rights \u2013 including freedom of speech \u2013 become less secure. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Freedom of expression rights are also threatened by this decision. PEN America will fiercely fight to protect the open discussion of reproductive rights and health care options for all.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The organization also<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/pen.org\/banned-books-list-2025\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">publishes a list<\/span><\/a> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">of so-called &#8220;banned books&#8221; \u2014 many which contain graphic and vulgar content inappropriate for minors \u2014 with links to purchase the books. PEN earns a commission from the purchases.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Planned Parenthood<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.plannedparenthoodaction.org\/blog\/the-ongoing-attack-on-sex-education-in-public-schools\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">has actively advocated<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for such illicit material to find its way into public school classrooms and library shelves, publicly denouncing governors and state legislators who have <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.plannedparenthoodaction.org\/planned-parenthood-pennsylvania-advocates\/press-releases\/planned-parenthood-pa-advocates-condemns-senate-bill-7-the-book-ban\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">proposed legislation<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> or called for investigation into children&#8217;s exposure to sexually graphic books.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Notably, in 2023, Planned Parenthood Pennsylvania Advocates<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.plannedparenthoodaction.org\/planned-parenthood-pennsylvania-advocates\/press-releases\/planned-parenthood-pa-advocates-condemns-senate-bill-7-the-book-ban\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">publicly opposed Senate Bill 7<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the Pennsylvania State Legislature, referring to explicit books in libraries as &#8220;education resources&#8221; which are &#8220;absolutely essential&#8221; because they <\/span><i>serve as a way to bypass to sex-ed program restrictions<\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. &#8220;The alternative,&#8221; Planned Parenthood argued, &#8220;is no access to this content for many students.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>What is promoted to schools and public libraries<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The ALA sends recommended book lists to libraries across the U.S. But it doesn&#8217;t just recommend specific books \u2014 it <em>awards<\/em> them as well. The ALA&#8217;s 2024 Feminist Rise Book Project Winner was &#8220;<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You or Someone You Love: Reflections from an Abortion Doula,&#8221;<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.simonandschuster.com\/books\/You-or-Someone-You-Love\/Hannah-Matthews\/9781668005255\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">described by the publisher<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> as:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">An eye-opening, transformative, and actionable journey through radical and compassionate community abortion care and support work: what it looks like, how each and every one of us can practice and incorporate it into our daily lives, and what we can imagine and build together in a post-Roe v. Wade United States.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sex miseducator <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/selling-sex-children-groomed-early-sexual-activity\/\">Advocates for Youth (AFY)<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> offers a &#8220;Hope in a Box&#8221; program, described as a &#8220;curated book list, curriculum guides, and toolkits available to hundreds of additional school libraries and Language Arts classes.&#8221;\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Many of the same books on the ALA recommended book list are sent directly to school districts nationwide through the &#8220;Hope in a Box&#8221; program, despite parental objections.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_330255\" style=\"width: 910px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-330255\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-330255\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Hope-in-a-Box-700x394.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Hope-in-a-Box-700x394.jpg 700w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Hope-in-a-Box-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Hope-in-a-Box-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Hope-in-a-Box-500x281.jpg 500w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Hope-in-a-Box.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-330255\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hope in a Box Program Source: AFY, Hope in a Box Program, https:\/\/www.hopeinabox.org\/<\/p><\/div>\n<p><b>The Fight Against Parents<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Each of the groups in the NCAC and FoSE coalitions has advocacy arms actively working against parents who are <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/defund-planned-parenthood-extremist-coalition-sex-miseducators\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">fighting to keep Planned Parenthood-backed sex-ed programs<\/span><\/a> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and sexually graphic books from being easily accessed by children.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The ALA <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ala.org\/bbooks\/frequentlychallengedbooks\/top10\">characterizes<\/a> parental resistance to allowing children easy access to such materials as <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;false claims of illegal obscenity for minors&#8221; as well as objections to &#8220;inclusion of LGBTQIA+ characters or themes; and inclusion of topics on race, racism, equity, and social justice.&#8221; <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yet, the ALA actively <em>promotes<\/em> the so-called<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ala.org\/bbooks\/book-ban-data\">Banned Book Lists<\/a>&#8221; <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">with titles such as<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &#8220;Gender Queer: A Memoir&#8221;<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by Maia Kobabe (blurred images below).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_330258\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-330258\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-330258 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/ALA-list-of-censored-books-700x485.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"485\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/ALA-list-of-censored-books-700x485.jpg 700w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/ALA-list-of-censored-books-300x208.jpg 300w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/ALA-list-of-censored-books-768x532.jpg 768w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/ALA-list-of-censored-books-500x347.jpg 500w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/ALA-list-of-censored-books.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-330258\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: ALA https:\/\/americanlibrariesmagazine.org\/blogs\/the-scoop\/ala-releases-state-of-americas-libraries-2025-report\/<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Despite the powerful opposition working against parents&#8217; efforts, their fight to protect their children continues to unfold across the country \u2014 from the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2025\/04\/22\/supreme-court-support-md-parents-lgbtq-storybook-challenge-00303001\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Supreme Court<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to state capitols.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Oral arguments in a lawsuit filed by a coalition of Christian, Jewish, and Muslim parents were heard at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.supremecourt.gov\/oral_arguments\/argument_transcripts\/2024\/24-297_p8k0.pdf\">U.S. Supreme Court<\/a> on Tuesday, April 22, 2025. The parents are suing the Board of Education in Montgomery County, Maryland, for the Board&#8217;s refusal to allow parents to \u2018opt-out\u2019 their elementary school students from LGBTQ+-themed lessons \u2014 which allegedly included instruction for preschool-aged children as young as three.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">During the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.supremecourt.gov\/oral_arguments\/audio\/2024\/24-297\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">oral arguments<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Eric Baxter, the attorney representing the parents in the case, alleged that Board of Education openly chose &#8220;indoctrinating&#8221; books \u2014 which were integrated into other standard daily instruction outside of sex-education \u2014 to \u201cdisrupt cis-normativity [and] disrupt hetero-normativity\u201d without parental notification once the Board decided that \u201cevery student would be taught from inclusivity storybooks.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As noted by Justice Neil Gorsuch, a district court found that the LGBTQ+ curriculum&#8217;s use outside of sex-ed purposes for pre-school and elementary school students was done <\/span><b>for the purposes of influencing the students&#8217; ideology<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u2014 a point conceded by Montgomery County Public Schools attorney Alan Schoenfeld.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At the state level, a recent committee hearing was held on<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/capitol.texas.gov\/BillLookup\/History.aspx?LegSess=89R&amp;Bill=HB3225\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Texas House Bill (HB) 3225<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (&#8220;Relating to the prohibition of access by minors to sexually explicit materials in municipal public library collections; providing a civil penalty&#8221;). Bonnie Wallace, a member of the Llano County library advisory board, who was sued after harmful books were relocated out of the children&#8217;s section, testified in favor of the bill. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wallace stated she has found books in the children&#8217;s section of public libraries which she claimed <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/house.texas.gov\/videos\/21765\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in her testimony<\/span><\/a> &#8220;g<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">lamorize sex with animals, sex with dead bodies, [and] sex in public while others watch and masturbate<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.&#8221;\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_330256\" style=\"width: 471px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-330256\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-330256\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/gender-queer-screenshot-blurred-1-461x700.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"461\" height=\"700\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/gender-queer-screenshot-blurred-1-461x700.jpg 461w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/gender-queer-screenshot-blurred-1-198x300.jpg 198w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/gender-queer-screenshot-blurred-1-768x1165.jpg 768w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/gender-queer-screenshot-blurred-1-1013x1536.jpg 1013w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/gender-queer-screenshot-blurred-1-500x759.jpg 500w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/gender-queer-screenshot-blurred-1.jpg 1350w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 461px) 100vw, 461px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-330256\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8220;Gender Queer&#8221; book screenshot, blurred<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wallace added that she found books containing QR codes which direct children to online sex shops<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and books. One of those books, she said, &#8220;<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">glamorizes and trivializes a 6th-grade teacher who grooms and molests her 12-year old student.&#8221; She described other books this way:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> A book series that graphically describes students who kill other students and their teachers, and teachers who kill their students. I have found two books which mention their characters having sex with Jesus. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I have a book here which tells minors how to kill their diabetic relatives in an undetectable way to get away with murder\u2026 <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is not about book banning or book burning; this is about book boundaries. Minors need boundaries to protect their minds from content they are not mature enough to process.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_330257\" style=\"width: 535px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-330257\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-330257\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/22Gender-Queer22-masturbation-525x700.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" height=\"700\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/22Gender-Queer22-masturbation-525x700.jpg 525w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/22Gender-Queer22-masturbation-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/22Gender-Queer22-masturbation-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/22Gender-Queer22-masturbation-500x667.jpg 500w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/22Gender-Queer22-masturbation.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-330257\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8220;Gender Queer&#8221; book illustrating masturbation, blurred<\/p><\/div>\n<p><b>Conclusion\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is not surprising that Planned Parenthood \u2014\u00a0which brutally ends the lives of hundreds of thousands of preborn children every year, financially benefits from \u201c<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/reject-planned-parenthood-expand-gender-affirming-minors\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">gender affirming care<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201d often leading to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/detransitioner-testifies-planned-parenthood-testosterone-16\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">irreversible harm<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and is behind sex-ed programs that <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/selling-sex-schools-ed-designed-failure\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">actively promote pornographic material<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to children \u2014 is also closely connected to the promotion of sexually graphic books to children in their schools and public libraries. 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