{"id":89237,"date":"2016-03-02T14:11:34","date_gmt":"2016-03-02T19:11:34","guid":{"rendered":"\/news\/?p=89237"},"modified":"2016-03-04T19:18:20","modified_gmt":"2016-03-05T00:18:20","slug":"alaska-senate-passes-bill-banning-planned-parenthood-from-schools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/alaska-senate-passes-bill-banning-planned-parenthood-from-schools\/","title":{"rendered":"Alaska Senate passes bill banning Planned Parenthood from schools"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A bill<\/a> that would give parents more say in their children’s sex education passed the Alaska Senate on Friday. Senate Bill 89 requires parental permission for public school students prior to sex education classes, and would allow parents to withdraw their children from sex education and standardized testing.<\/p>\n

More importantly, the bill bans schools from using\u00a0educational material from any\u00a0“abortion services provider,\u201d\u00a0including Planned Parenthood, which\u00a0claims it is currently providing education to more than 2,000 children in Alaska.<\/p>\n

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Naturally,\u00a0Planned Parenthood\u00a0took exception to the bill – along with a companion bill which lays out penalties for violation –\u00a0referring to them as\u00a0“unconstitutional restrictions on the education available to communities across the state.”<\/p>\n

But State Sen. Cathy Giessel, co-sponsor of the bill, sees the legislation as a way to empower parents in making choices regarding their children’s education…<\/p>\n

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To have special interests coming into the schools, many parents believe is inappropriate. If they wanted their children to receive materials and philosophy from Planned Parenthood, any parent could certainly take their child to a Planned Parenthood clinic, but it doesn\u2019t belong in an institution where we\u2019re providing a broad education for all of Alaska\u2019s children.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Senate Bill 89 has cleared the Senate and\u00a0is now headed to the Alaska House of Representatives.<\/p>\n

Planned Parenthood’s version of sex education should not be forced onto children, and Alaska’s Senate has recognized this.\u00a0Beyond the truth that parents should have a say in their children’s education,\u00a0Live Action investigations have\u00a0revealed Planned Parenthood employees offering dangerous advice<\/a>, including suggestions for “Fifty Shades of Grey” type sexual practices.<\/p>\n