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From the article:
Under
California law, minors can consent to certain medical services, such as
receiving birth control or mental health counseling, and health care providers are not allowed to inform a parent without the
minor’s permission.
Also from the article:
Planned Parenthood’s involvement in sex education has long
been criticized by social conservative and religious groups. In April, Pacific
Grove Middle School in California canceled a visit from Planned Parenthood
educators after a mother got a Christian legal group involved. In October in
Minnesota, Planned Parenthood’s support of a comprehensive sex education bill
drew accusations from Students for Life, an antiabortion group, that “All of
this is really just an opportunity for Planned Parenthood to force their way
into schools and sell more abortions.”
In Los Angeles, Sister Paula Vandegaer, head of Volunteers
for Life, which opposes abortion rights, said she is against the Planned
Parenthood initiative because it “pushes sexuality beyond where they should
without reference to families.”
“I am against them being in the schools,” she said. “They
all have school nurses, and there’s no need for Planned Parenthood to co-opt
the normal program for health in the school.”
