Well, MO has a law, passed in 2007, that banned PP from PS Sex Ed classes. Whether that law is enforced and obeyed is another question, but I'll ignore it. OTOH, regarding PP and several nearby states' schools:
http://www.plannedparenthood.org/planned-parenthood-kansas-mid-missouri/local-training-education
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/09/arkansas-planned-parenthood-sex-ed_n_3047024.html --- But did this become law?
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2010/06/22/graphic-sex-ed-class/
I just Googled the phrase "planned parenthood sex education (state name)", as you or Dori could have done. And FWIW, the "SV" of "SVPete" refers to Silicon Valley.
I'm glad you decided to do Dori's work for her. Gives me a chance to respond to my challenge to her, which she has conveniently failed to do.
Your first link makes clear that PP is not permitted in Missouri public schools. Period. Glad you made my case for me. Here's the policy:
MISSOURI
Missouri Sexuality Education Law and Policy
Missouri law does not mandate sexuality education; however, in order to be accredited, school districts must teach HIV/AIDS-prevention education in elementary and middle school.
All instruction in human sexuality must be medically and factually accurate. It must also:
[P]resent abstinence from sexual activity as the preferred choice of behavior in relation to all sexual activity for unmarried pupils because it is the only method that is one hundred percent effective in preventing pregnancy, sexually transmitted diseases [STDs] and the emotional trauma associated with adolescent sexual activity, and advise students that teenage sexual activity places them at a higher risk of dropping out of school because of the consequences of sexually transmitted diseases and unplanned pregnancy.
Instruction must also:
[P]resent students with the latest medically factual information regarding both the possible side effects and health benefits of all forms of contraception, including the success and failure rates for the prevention of pregnancy and STDs [and teach students not to make] unwanted physical and verbal sexual advances or otherwise exploit another person.
Although school districts are not required to follow it, the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education produced the Missouri Framework for Curriculum Development in Health Education and Physical Education. This Framework includes instructional guidelines for HIV/AIDS- and STD-prevention education starting at the high school level. School boards must determine the specific content of sexuality education classes and make sure that it is age-appropriate.
The school district must also notify parents and guardians about:
• The basic content of the district's human sexuality instruction to be provided to the student; and
• The parent's right to remove the student from any part of the district's human sexuality instruction.
This is referred to as an “opt-out†policy.
See Missouri Revised Statute 170.015, Missouri's HIV Prevention Education Program ¸ and Missouri Framework for Curriculum Development in Health Education and Physical Education.2
Golly gee. This looks like a pretty solid policy to me. I can get behind this. We don't need PP to come in and present graphic photos of pornography in the guise of "sex education."
Your second link talked toward how horrible it would be for Arkansas to defund PP and lamented how HIV (which isn't a huge problem any more) and other STD programs would be axed too. In the end, the legislation failed and PP continues to inflict its wounds on the state of Arkansas. It's too bad that Dori got you to do her dirty work for her. She might've been able to waggle a finger at me.
http://www.siecus.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureid=2293&parentid=478Your third link, which is old dating back to 2010, asserts that certain Iowan parents are highly pissed off about the graphic sex education classes that PP brought to bear in that state. Apparently, PP is still allowed in Iowa, with parental consent (which PP has tried to remove in other places, including Iowa).
The link below is obviously biased, but it does support my statement above concerning Iowa.
http://www.iowartl.org/get-the-facts/planned-parenthood/pp-and-children/In short, what we have here is an organization -- PP -- which hides behind certain arguably "noteworthy" efforts to "educate" young people concerning sex. They do so by putting pornographic images on screen for youngsters.
PP is in the abortion business. You can sugarcoat this all you like, but the fact remains. They kill babies.
PP's annual report 2012-2013 says they get 45% of their money from "Government Health Services Grants and Reimbursements". That's my tax money (federal and state, due to the accounting jigsaw puzzle that makes it difficult to track where the money goes) going to support that criminal organization.
http://www.plannedparenthood.org/files/7413/9620/1089/AR-FY13_111213_vF_rev3_ISSUU.pdfSo their own obfuscation and trickery is designed to keep youngsters in the business of having sex, having babies, and eventually aborting them. PP does a great job of hiding behind the complete opposite of what I just described, but I and many others didn't just fall off a turnip truck.
I also note that PP's PAC also donates quite heavily to Democratic candidates, including Barry.
I have seen your posts before, SVPete. I personally don't give a damn where you live -- whether in Commiefornia or some 3rd world country. The internet is a big place.