Planned Parenthood executive director once claimed children are 'sexual beings' in unearthed comments

Asher Notheis

December 02, 03:06 PM December 02, 03:08 PM

An executive director at Planned Parenthood once claimed that children are born "sexual" and advocated sex education for children throughout their K-12 education.

Bill Taverner, the executive director of Planned Parenthood's Center for Sex Education in New Jersey, made the statement about people being sexual "from birth until death" in 2015, according to comments unearthed by WHD News.

"[We have], in our society, an assumption of asexuality of people with intellectual disabilities," Taverner said. "It's a myth that's perpetuated, and really, we are all sexual beings from birth until death."

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Taverner also once argued that portions of comprehensive sexuality education for children should start in kindergarten because sexuality education is "a continuous process" rather than being "isolated to a particular point in a person's life."

"Young children are learning about sexuality from the attitudes their parents display," he said. "When we think of K-12 education … we may be talking about what makes a family. We may be talking about disease prevention. … All of that sets the foundation for a basic understanding that is useful for further conversations when we're talking about condoms … [and] pregnancy conversations. Age-appropriate sex education is so important. And we have to let our experts guide us."

Additionally, Taverner once argued in 2012 that children of a certain age should be taught about pornography in sex education. In 2021, however, he clarified that sex educators do not and have never wanted pornography to be the primary source of sex education.

Planned Parenthood describes itself as "the single largest provider of sex education in the United States," educating 1.2 million people every year, according to the organization's website.

"Planned Parenthood sex educators teach across the lifespan — including students in elementary, middle, and high school as well as young adults, parents, and older adults," a page on its website reads. "They cover topics like communication skills, decision making, birth control, how to prevent sexually transmitted infections (STIs), healthy relationships, consent, body image, anatomy, and puberty."

The Washington Examiner contacted Planned Parenthood for comment.

Franciscan friar charged with blocking obtain to Planned Parenthood clinic

Brady Knox

September 29, 09:02 PM September 29, 09:03 PM

A Franciscan friar was charged with blocking accessibility to a Planned Parenthood abortion clinic in New York.

Christopher Moscinski, 52, also regarded as the Rev. Fidelis Moscinski, fastened padlocks and bicycle locks to the gated facility early in the morning, poured glue in a handful of of them, then returned in his Franciscan routine to bodily block the entrance, in which he lay until he was arrested, according to the Office of Justice.

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Talking with local media the 7 days just after the July 7 incident, Moscinski mentioned he employed “six locks and chains” on the clinic's gates ahead of laying down in entrance of the gate "to try to retain that Prepared Parenthood closed for as very long as probable,” according to CNBC News.

It took a number of firefighters and law enforcement officers to unlock the entrance, in accordance to the DOJ.

Moscinski is remaining billed with violating the Independence of Accessibility to Clinic Entrances Act, which prohibits obstructing abortion clinics. The very first violation is a misdemeanor, even though subsequent offenses are felonies. It was not outlined whether or not Miscinski violated the act earlier.

Abortion has acquired a renewed political concentrate given that the Supreme Court docket struck down the precedent of Roe v. Wade in June, returning the problem of regulation to the states.

Prepared Parenthood to spend document $50 million on midterm voting outreach

Cami Mondeaux

August 17, 12:06 PM August 17, 12:06 PM

Planned Parenthood will commit a history $50 million towards voter outreach attempts and campaigning for candidates who aid obtain to abortion, according to a new initiative unveiled on Wednesday.

The advocacy group will allocate the cash to improve candidates in states that are poised possibly to prohibit or extend accessibility to abortion after the Supreme Court docket overturned Roe v. Wade earlier this summer months. As element of its investment, Prepared Parenthood also launched an electoral website developed to act as a hub of data on the group’s endorsed candidates and crucial races exactly where abortion is established to appear on the ballot.

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“This is an election about electricity and regulate,” mentioned Jenny Lawson, government director of Planned Parenthood Votes. “Should these out-of-touch politicians get or continue to be in ability, they will proceed undertaking everything they can to ban all abortion, toss health treatment companies and expecting men and women in jail, and endanger the wellbeing and lives of pregnant people across the place. This is not what the American people today want. This November, voters are heading to take manage by electing reproductive overall health care champions, up and down the ballot, who belief us to make our personal choices about our bodies, our lives, and our futures.”

The $50 million expense will go towards voter outreach solutions this kind of as doorway-to-door canvassing, phone calls, mail fliers, and Tv adverts. The advertisements will originally be centered on concentrating on voters in Georgia, Nevada, Minnesota, Pennsylvania, Arizona, North Carolina, New Hampshire, Michigan, and Wisconsin.

Prepared Parenthood hopes to capitalize on voters who are determined to cast their ballots following the Supreme Court docket announced it would end nationwide accessibility to abortion and return the query of legality back again to the individual states. Only 1 condition has voted on abortion rights given that Roe was overturned, with voters in Kansas deciding upon to protect access to the method.

Nevertheless, it is not very clear how a lot of an effect abortion rights will have on motivating voters to convert out in November. These who disagree with the reversal of Roe are now much less probable to vote in November when compared to earlier predictions it would direct to larger turnout, notably amongst the Democratic Party, according to a Washington Write-up/Schar School poll.

Only 55% of voters who feel abortion ought to be authorized nationwide said they were being probably to vote in November, a fall from the 60% who said the identical in June right before the Supreme Courtroom determination was announced. Meanwhile, 66% of people who don’t believe abortion ought to be legal say they are selected they will vote in the midterm elections, possibly providing Republicans an edge.

Planned Parenthood is set to start off its voter outreach plan on Thursday to last right until Election Working day.

“Big stakes require big expense, which is why this slide Prepared Parenthood advocacy and political companies will operate our premier-at any time electoral marketing campaign to protect and extend abortion entry in as numerous states as attainable,” Lawson stated. “From now right until Election Working day, we’ll make confident voters know who’s on their facet and channel their dissent into political power at the ballot box.”