Planned Parenthood Abortion Business Wants to Open Clinic at Local High School

By Micaiah Bilger
Life News

A school board in Pennsylvania is considering a new proposal to allow the Planned Parenthood abortion chain access to its high school students.

Last year, the Reading School Board narrowly rejected a proposal to put a Planned Parenthood-run health center inside Reading High School after a strong public outcry.

But abortion supporters are trying again.

Under the new proposal, the abortion group would not run the health center inside the high school, but it still would be involved, according to the Reading Eagle.

The Co-County Wellness Services and Berks Teens Matter would run the center inside the high school, and funding would come from the Pennsylvania Department of Health, according to a board presentation Aug. 15.

However, Berks Teens Matter lists the abortion chain Planned Parenthood Keystone as a partner organization on its website, and the Aug. 15 presentation includes the abortion group on its partner list as well.

The proposed health center would provide “age appropriate” sexual and reproductive health education to students, one-on-one counseling and referrals to other agencies including Planned Parenthood. It also would provide condoms and organize health awareness campaigns for the school, according to the report.

Carolyn Bazik, executive director of Co-County Wellness Services, and Dr. Jen May, Berks Teens Matter project director, defended the abortion group’s participation in the program during the school board meeting last week.

According to the local news:

“What is Planned Parenthood providing on this list that could not be obtained by another organization on the list?” [board president Dr. Brian] Bureke asked.

The way Planned Parenthood is funded, most of its services are free, and for some students and families, some services might be cost prohibitive, Bazik said.

She also pointed out that the high school has had a program for teen mothers for decades.

“You have been helping teen moms for 30 years to get through high school,” May said. “To make sure they get their diplomas and not get pregnant a second time before they graduate.

“This would help prevent those pregnancies from happening in the first place.”

Pro-lifers and parents, however, are concerned that the health center also could encourage vulnerable teens to abort their unborn babies when pregnancies occur.

Local pro-life advocates are raising awareness about the new proposal and planning to protest again this year. The local chapter of Students for Life of America is organizing a rally at 6 p.m. Wednesday at the school district prior to the school board meeting.

Numerous communities across the United States have rejected Planned Parenthood as a sex education teacher inside its middle and high schools. Earlier this summer, the Massachusetts legislature rejected a bill that recommended Planned Parenthood’s middle school sex education curriculum. The program teaches children as young as 12 “how to perform oral and anal sex.”

In 2014, Live Action release an undercover video series showing Planned Parenthood employees encouraging young teens to participate in sado-masochistic sexual activities, including gagging, whipping, asphyxiation, shopping at sex stores and viewing pornography.

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Pro-Lifers Stop Planned Parenthood From Opening Inside High School – For Now

By Claire Chretien
Life Site News

Massive outcry from pro-life students and activists caused a Pennsylvania school board to pull a proposal for the establishment of a Planned Parenthood-run "sexual health counseling center" inside a high school.

However, the fight isn't over. The board will likely debate the proposal at another time and vote on it in August.

The pro-abortion group AccessMatters suggested the creation of a "sexual health counseling center" inside Reading High School and run by Planned Parenthood. This center would focus "primarily [on] counseling services and condoms," according to the Reading Eagle, and "Planned Parenthood Keystone would manage daily operations."

AccessMatters runs "community-based programs" that deal with issues like "teen pregnancy prevention and education" and "LGBT health disparities." It admits that its in-school clinics funnel students to places where they can receive "sexual and reproductive health services," often a euphemism for abortion and contraception.

"Our unique position within the sexual and reproductive health care community allows us to not only have a real-time understanding of the needs of our communities, but also anticipate those needs," its website says. "This vantage point allows us to respond with programs that improve individuals’ quality of life, support them through difficult or dramatic life changes, and assist them in strengthening health promoting behaviors. Through our unique abilities to engage and empower even the hardest-to-reach populations, we are closing the gap between those with access to sexual and reproductive health and those without."

AccessMatters says its "school-based health resource centers" provide "confidential school-based places where students can receive counseling and education, condoms, and referrals to community-based providers for sexual and reproductive health services."

"If Planned Parenthood is allowed to be inside Reading High School, they are going to replicate this model in high schools – and likely middle schools – across the country. They cannot be allowed prime access to our children," said Kristan Hawkins, president of Students for Life of America.

The Reading school board was scheduled to discuss the proposal on Wednesday, but it was pulled from the meeting's agenda at the last minute without notice.

"It had apparently been pulled [at the] last minute after seeing us," Michael Israel of LeHigh Valley Pro-Life Future, who was at the meeting, told LifeSiteNews. He noted that the Reading school board requires "a one-meeting pause between discussion and voting."

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