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FReeping Opportunity - Planned Parenthood Shenanigans
August 26, 2002 | Saundra Duffy

Posted on 08/26/2002 8:18:37 PM PDT by Saundra Duffy

Planned Parenthood-Shasta/Diablo (Contra Costa County), California, is planning on sending 50 teens to a Mt. Diablo School board meeting tomorrow night, Tuesday, August 27th. the purpose is to lobby the School Board, for a PP sex education program in the 7th grade. (See notice on page A5, Contra Costa Times, 8/26/02 under Government Calendar.)

PLEASE TRY TO ATTEND, OR AT LEAST CALL THE SCHOOL BOARD AND REGISTER YOUR DISAPPROVAL OF ANY PLANNED PARENTHOOD PROMOTED SEX EDUCATION PROGRAM IN THE MOUNT DIABLO SCHOOL DISTRICT. PLACE: 1936 Carlotta Dr, Concord (off of Willow Pass) TIME: Beginning at 7:30 PHONE: 682-8000


TOPICS: Activism/Chapters; Announcements; US: California
KEYWORDS: abortion; california; contracosta; plannedparenthood; sasu
Seventh Grade!!!!!!! Contra Costa County FReepers? If none of us shows up, it's gonna look like PP has no opposition.
1 posted on 08/26/2002 8:18:37 PM PDT by Saundra Duffy
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To: Saundra Duffy
BUMP TO THE TOP
2 posted on 08/26/2002 8:49:49 PM PDT by CounterCounterCulture
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To: Saundra Duffy
Here are some questions for the school board:

Child Protection Project


3 posted on 08/26/2002 8:59:30 PM PDT by toenail
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Questions to be presented to School Board Meetings regarding Legal Liability for Negligent Referral

1) Are any administrative personnel, board members, employees, agents, or servants of our School District allowed to refer students for abortions, birth control, pregnancy tests, or treatment for sexually transmitted diseases? (For the remainder of this document, this group of referrals will simply be called "referrals")

2) What written directives and/or guidelines are issued to our School District administrative personnel, board members, employees, agents, or servants regarding the district's referral policy?

3) If referrals are not allowed, please provide a copy of that policy as well as a response to the following questions:

-- What written directives are given to administrative personnel, board members, employees, agents, or servants of our School District who have contact with or access to students regarding the district's policy prohibiting referrals?

-- Are administrative personnel, board members, employees, agents, or servants of our School District who have contact with or access to students required to "sign-off" that they have been made aware of the district's policy prohibiting referrals?

-- What actions are taken by our School District to implement and enforce the district's policy prohibiting referrals?

-- Are administrative personnel, board members, employees, agents, or servants of our School District who have contact with or access to students reminded about the district's policy prohibiting referrals during staff meetings or "in-service" training?

4) If it is school policy to allow referrals, please furnish the minutes of the board meeting at which the decision to do so was reached. Also include the date, place and minutes of the meeting, as well as the names of the board members present and absent plus the recorded vote.

5) If it is school policy to allow referrals, please provide a copy of that policy as well as a response to the following questions:

-- Which administrative personnel, board members, employees, agents, or servants of our School District are allowed to give referrals?

-- Are our School District administrative personnel, board members, employees, agents, or servants who are approved to provide these referrals required to have special training which makes them qualified to do so? If they are not, what criteria does our School District use to determine that they are qualified to give referrals?

-- Which department or individual in our School District is responsible for identifying the outside organizations to which students may be referred?

-- Before approving an organization for referrals, what kind of background investigation does our School District conduct regarding this organization's malpractice history and their record of compliance with applicable health and safety standards and other state laws?

-- Which department or individual in our School District is responsible for conducting and analyzing this background investigation?

-- Following this background investigation, what criteria does our School District use to determine whether an organization is approved to receive referrals, and which department or individual in the district is responsible for making the final decision?

-- Does our School District verify that every facility approved for referrals has the financial ability (cash, bonds, attachable assets, medical malpractice insurance, etc.) to protect students who may be injured, killed, or otherwise harmed while under the care of the facility, or as a result of services rendered at the facility?

-- Has our School District sought a written legal opinion regarding its financial exposure should a student be injured, killed, or otherwise harmed while under the care of a facility, or as a result of services rendered at a facility for which the school was the referring agent? If the district has not obtained such a legal opinion, why not? If it has, what were its findings?

-- If it is the opinion of legal counsel that our School District may be exposed to increased liability because of its referrals, is medical malpractice, negligent entrustment, and/or negligent referral within the scope of the district's liability insurance policy? If so, are the policy limits sufficient to cover the potential exposure?

-- If it is the opinion of legal counsel that our School District does not assume greater legal exposure because of its referrals, has the law firm supplied a letter indemnifying the district against any claims which might be levied against the district in case their legal opinion is wrong? If so, please provide a copy.

-- If our School District's legal counsel has provided this letter of indemnification, has the district verified that the law firm has the financial ability (cash, bonds, attachable assets, legal malpractice insurance, etc.) to satisfy such indemnification?

-- If it is the opinion of legal counsel that our School District does not assume greater legal exposure because of its referrals, but the law firm will not provide indemnification against this opinion being wrong, is the district seeking other legal representation? If not, what is the district doing to protect itself?

-- What are our School District's written guidelines for either involving or excluding the parents of a student who seeks a referral?

-- If the parent of a student calls for her while she is absent for a referral, what are our School District's written directives regarding what this parent is to be told?

6) Does our School District ever provide students with transportation to a facility to which a referral was given? If so, please furnish the minutes of the board meeting at which the approval for this was given, including the date, place and minutes of the meeting, as well as the names of the board members present and absent plus the recorded vote. Also, please respond to the following:

-- How is this transportation accomplished? (school-owned vehicle, taxi, private vehicle owned by any administrative personnel, board members, employees, agents, or servants private vehicle, etc.)

-- Has our School District's liability insurance policy been reviewed to determine whether it would cover claims arising from accidents which might occur during these trips?

7) Are our School District's funds or funds under its care, custody or control, ever used to pay for abortions, birth control devices (pills, condoms, post-coital emergency contraception, etc.) pregnancy tests, or treatment for sexually transmitted diseases? If so, please furnish the minutes of the board meeting at which the approval for this was given, including the date, place and minutes of the meeting, as well as the names of the board members present and absent plus the recorded vote.

8) Has any representative of Planned Parenthood (or any other family planning organization) ever been allowed to give a presentation to (or provide information to) students within our School District regarding sex education, birth control, or abortion? If so, has the district's legal counsel been asked to look at the district's potential liability for doing so? For example, if an underage student subsequently visits one of these facilities seeking a pregnancy test, an abortion, birth control, or treatment for a sexually transmitted disease, what is our School District's legal exposure should the facility not make the state mandated report regarding evidence of child sexual abuse? Has the district's legal counsel issued an opinion as to whether this exposes the district to possible litigation, including but not limited to negligent referral or negligent entrustment? Additionally, please respond to the following:

-- If it is the opinion of legal counsel that our School District does not assume greater legal exposure because of its association with Planned Parenthood (or any other family planning organization), has the law firm supplied a letter indemnifying the district against any claims which might be levied against the district in case their legal opinion is wrong? If so, please provide a copy.

-- If our School District's legal counsel has provided this letter of indemnification, has the district verified that the law firm has the financial ability (cash, bonds, attachable assets, legal malpractice insurance, etc.) to satisfy such indemnification?

-- If it is the opinion of legal counsel that our School District does not assume greater legal exposure because of its association with Planned Parenthood (or any other family planning organization), but the law firm will not provide indemnification against this opinion being wrong, is the district seeking other legal representation? If not, what is the district doing to protect itself?

9) Are any school district administrative personnel, board members, employees, agents, or servants allowed to dispense birth control devices (pills, condoms, post-coital emergency contraception, etc.) to students? If so, please furnish the minutes of the board meeting at which the decision to allow this was reached. Also include the date, place and minutes of the meeting, as well as the names of the board members present and absent plus the recorded vote. Additionally, please respond to the following:

-- Which School District administrative personnel, board members, employees, agents, or servants are allowed to dispense birth control?

-- Are School District administrative personnel, board members, employees, agents, or servants who are approved to provide birth control required to have special training which makes them qualified to do so? If they are not, what criteria does the district use to determine that these people are qualified to dispense birth control to minors?

-- What is our School District doing to insure that the administrative personnel, board members, employees, agents, or servants who are approved to dispense birth control adhere to state laws requiring the reporting of sexual activity by underage children? What written directives are given to these administrative personnel, board members, employees, agents, or servants regarding such circumstances?

-- If our School District's legal counsel advises that the district is not subject to state laws requiring the reporting of sexual activity by underage children, has the law firm supplied a letter indemnifying the district against any claims which might be levied against the district in case their legal opinion is wrong? If so, please provide a copy.

-- If our School District's legal counsel has provided the letter of indemnification mentioned above, has the district verified that the law firm has the financial ability (cash, bonds, attachable assets, legal malpractice insurance, etc.) to satisfy such indemnification?

-- If our School District's legal counsel has advised that the district is not subject to state laws requiring the reporting of sexual activity by underage children but will not provide indemnification against this opinion being wrong, is the district seeking other legal representation? If not, what is the district doing to protect itself?

-- If an underage student seeks birth control, treatment for sexually transmitted diseases, or an abortion referral, what are the district's written guidelines for either involving or excluding the parents of that student?

10) Regarding state laws which mandate the reporting of sexual activity by underage children, please respond to the following questions:

-- What written directives are given to administrative personnel, board members, employees, agents, or servants of our School District who have contact with or access to students regarding the state's mandated reporting requirements?

-- Are administrative personnel, board members, employees, agents, or servants of our School District who have contact with or access to students required to "sign-off" that they have been made aware of the state's mandated reporting requirements?

-- Are administrative personnel, board members, employees, agents, or servants of our School District who have contact with or access to students reminded about the state's mandated reporting requirements during staff meetings or "in-service" training?

-- What is our School District doing to insure that the administrative personnel, board members, employees, agents, or servants who have contact with or access to students adhere to the state's mandated reporting requirements?

-- If our School District's legal counsel advises that the district is not subject to state laws requiring the reporting of sexual activity by underage children, has the law firm supplied a letter indemnifying the district against any claims which might be levied against the district in case their legal opinion is wrong? If so, please provide a copy.

-- If our School District's legal counsel has provided the letter of indemnification mentioned above, has the district verified that the law firm has the financial ability (cash, bonds, attachable assets, legal malpractice insurance, etc.) to satisfy such indemnification?

-- If our School District's legal counsel has advised that the district is not subject to state laws requiring the reporting of sexual activity by underage children but will not provide indemnification against this opinion being wrong, is our School District seeking other legal representation? If not, what is the district doing to protect itself?

11) Has the school district investigated whether any district administrative personnel, board members, employees, agents, or servants are also associated with Planned Parenthood or any other family planning organization? If a potential-conflict-of-interest inquiry of this sort has been made, please provide a copy of the final written report. If such an inquiry has not been made, please answer whether one is either underway or planned?




4 posted on 08/26/2002 9:02:34 PM PDT by toenail
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To: Saundra Duffy
And there's not a single one of those fifty teens whom Planned Parenthood wouldn't have gladly crushed his/her skull for a couple hundred bucks.
5 posted on 08/26/2002 9:13:39 PM PDT by toenail
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To: toenail
Thanks for your input. I'm going to forward it to my pal who's coordinating this effort on the outside. Thanks again! For victory & freedom!!!
6 posted on 08/26/2002 9:50:13 PM PDT by Saundra Duffy
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To: CounterCounterCulture
Thanks, CCC! God bless! For victory & freedom!!!
7 posted on 08/26/2002 9:50:39 PM PDT by Saundra Duffy
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To: CounterCounterCulture
Thanks CCC for the correction in terminology. I will keep an eye out for this in my 9th grader's school district.

I have already submitted an opt-out form, but that does not mean that my wishes will be followed. "An opt out form is a parent's written request to their child's school principal and teachers, to ensure that their children are opted out of curriculum that violates the religious beliefs or convictions of the child's parents." Here is a link for the Pacific Justice Institute's opt out form:

http://www.pacificjustice.org/request_opt-out_form.htm
8 posted on 08/26/2002 10:32:33 PM PDT by thunderdome
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To: nickcarraway; Notwithstanding
PING!
9 posted on 08/26/2002 10:42:57 PM PDT by Saundra Duffy
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To: nickcarraway
Here's a suggestion from a friend: "It might be worth a call to Priests for Life, although it's short notice." Just a thought.
10 posted on 08/26/2002 10:44:41 PM PDT by Saundra Duffy
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To: Saundra Duffy
Will notif those in the East Bay.
11 posted on 08/26/2002 10:45:29 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: Saundra Duffy
This is sad.

Already the High Schools have daycare centers...which is better that killing the babies for sure.

Children are becoming sexually active at a much younger age these days, and the merchants of death that run the aboratoriums are looking for more preganancies so they can add to their multi-billion dollar business of killing the most innocent of humans...the pre-born.

I spent 5 yrs working with middle schools kids in the late nineties and they need protection from these predators.

It is too far for me to go, but I hope some show up from our side.

I weep for the next generation...and the next...and the next...and those who are not in ours because of the slaughter.

Sorry for the rant but this is an issue that toutches me as it does many others.

Thanks for the post Saundra.

12 posted on 08/26/2002 11:08:04 PM PDT by Syncro
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To: Saundra Duffy
Bump for a worthy cause!
13 posted on 08/26/2002 11:08:21 PM PDT by NotJustAnotherPrettyFace
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To: Saundra Duffy
Planned Parenthood-Shasta/Diablo (Contra Costa County), California, is planning on sending 50 teens to a Mt. Diablo School board meeting tomorrow night, Tuesday, August 27th. the purpose is to lobby the School Board, for a PP sex education program in the 7th grade.

Where did PP get these teenagers? Do they own them? Are their parents allowing them to go? This seems wierd...5o teens...how many of them have had abortions do you suppose? Do their parents wish they aborted them?...hmmmm.

Or are the teens and parents brainwashed to believe that Planned Parenthood is really concerned about planning parenthood do they know that their purposs is to destroy parenthood?

14 posted on 08/26/2002 11:21:41 PM PDT by Syncro
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To: *SASU; JMJ333; Tourist Guy; EODGUY; abandon; Khepera; Dakmar; RichInOC; RebelDawg; Fiddlstix; ...
ping
15 posted on 08/27/2002 5:26:00 AM PDT by Khepera
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To: Saundra Duffy
Planned-Barrenhood-is-a-racist-nazi-organization bump.

16 posted on 08/27/2002 6:13:27 AM PDT by Notwithstanding
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To: Khepera
They should change their name to Hoping For Homicide.
17 posted on 08/27/2002 6:15:08 AM PDT by Dakmar
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To: Saundra Duffy; toenail; Khepera
Thanks to all for the Post, the Ping, and the Links (PPL's)!

Finally!, A Constructive and Effective Plan of Action!

My sincerest regrds to all,
-grump

18 posted on 08/27/2002 6:49:25 AM PDT by grumpster-dumpster
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To: Saundra Duffy
Will send out to my friends -- post haste.

Typical of PP - the use our children to lobby for their profits. What other business does this in our schools??
19 posted on 08/27/2002 6:58:36 AM PDT by victim soul
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To: Saundra Duffy
I hope you'll let us know how it went.
20 posted on 08/27/2002 6:46:10 PM PDT by toenail
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To: Syncro; Saundra Duffy; EdReform; toenail; grumpster-dumpster; victim soul
Or are the teens and parents brainwashed to believe that Planned Parenthood is really concerned about planning parenthood do they know that their purposs is to destroy parenthood?

Perhaps we should refer it as "Ban Parenthood."

21 posted on 08/28/2002 9:55:52 AM PDT by L.N. Smithee
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To: Saundra Duffy
Bump for a worthy cause!
22 posted on 08/28/2002 11:10:57 AM PDT by victim soul
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To: toenail
Here's the report of what happened at the meeting:

REPORT ON MT. DIABLO SCHOOL BOARD MEETING
REGARDING APPROVAL OF SEX ED MATERIAL
Tuesday, August 27, 2002
Camille Giglio
A Thank You to all of you who called the School Board regarding this issue of
approval of sex ed material. It was, of course, a cut and dried approval,
4-0. I had three minutes before the Board to express concerns. Now that it
is approved the material will be displayed at the Willow Creek Curriculum
Center off of Mohr lane, in Concord, beginning September 25th and running for
three days. Please try to go view the material if you can.

What they approved for 7th - 9th grades as Family Life Education material:
1. Fetal Development, (video) by Sunburst.
2. Abstinence..It’s the Right Choice, SVE/Churchill Media. (seldom the
choice promoted).
3. Education in Sexuality (Student Textbook) Glencoe.
4. Education in Sexuality (Teacher’s Edition Textbook), Glencoe.

Following the vote a Sue Chambers, employee in charge of this program,
assured the Board that the teachers were properly trained, by the state, in
educating on sexuality. I challenged that notion, stating that it was
undoubtedly Planned Parenthood to whom the state delegated the training.
(suggested reading online: www.ppshastadiablo.org and links)

Teens Educating, Advocating, Mentoring - T.E.A.M.
A group of 8 teens wearing T.E.A.M. logo T-shirts, with a matching number of
supportive adults wearing T.E.A.M. badges, were there to make a presentation
to the Board. Each teen contributing a couple of sentences each to the
presentation. (I wondered aloud to the Board, if these adults were employees
or volunteers from family planning clinics?)
The teens also presented a packet of 100 letters from supportive community
members and stated that they were aware that at least 50 letters had been
faxed to the Board.
They were there to urge the Board to accept some T.E.A.M. Resolution which
had previously been sent to them, regarding, apparently, the need for this
T.E.A.M. program of sex/HIV/AIDS training to be accepted in the school system.

I requested that a copy of this resolution be sent to me. You might also call
the Board and request a copy for yourself.

What they said:
1. They reminded the Board of a bill, AB 246, now in the education code
(5120.5) which requires grades 7-12 students to receive AIDS/HIV education.
they made it clear that their program could best achieve this training goal.
2. There were 376 births to teens last year in Contra Costa County. (They
did not say what age nor give marital status).
3. There are 3 high schools in “teen hot spots” in the county. they mean
areas in which teens are most susceptible, in their estimation, to pregnancy,
AIDS, etc. (I asked the Board if this was not, in effect, profiling?) It is a
fact that parts of East and West County and Concord already have the highest
percentage of Planned Parenthood and county community clinics.)
4. T.E.A.M. already has a Community Leadership group planned that will be
happy to come in and evaluate the sex education programs offered by the
school district.
5. This leadership group will offer advice and suggestions on the best
approaches to teaching about birth control, STIs (the reference to sexually
transmitted diseases - STDs - must have acquired a new acronym) to better
help the district educate teens.
6. they mentioned something about a $17,000 grant to subsidize this program.

Twelve year olds understand emergency contraception. As additional
information, Kaisernetwork. org carries a report published in the August
Issue of Obstetrics and Gynecology that declares that 12 year olds can read
and understand labeling contained in over the counter emergency contraceptive
packages. The information on this labeling is, apparently, written to the
level of 8th grade education.

Gray Davis has on his desk awaiting his signature, SB 1301, Reproductive
Privacy Act, that contains authorization to distribute birth control pills
and devices by non physicians to minors.

23 posted on 08/29/2002 1:42:48 PM PDT by Saundra Duffy
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To: victim soul
Check out Post #23 for the report. Thanks!
24 posted on 08/29/2002 1:43:42 PM PDT by Saundra Duffy
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To: CounterCounterCulture
Read Post #23 to find out what happened. Thanks, CCC. For victory & freedom!!!
25 posted on 08/29/2002 1:45:06 PM PDT by Saundra Duffy
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To: Saundra Duffy
"Mt. Diablo School..."

Interesting..."Diablo" is Spanish for "the devil."

26 posted on 08/29/2002 3:16:28 PM PDT by redhead
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To: Saundra Duffy
Ah, to manipulate impressionable teenagers. Ain't life grand?
27 posted on 08/29/2002 4:22:09 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
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