WI Sex Ed Bill -- Needs Our Attention Now!

Kim just talked to Julaine from the Wisconsin Family Council and the triumph in the state yesterday over the sex ed bill was not a win. It was just tabled until Thursday. She feels there will be almost no way to win as the Dem simply outnumber the Rep. The vote is 10am THURSDAY. Please flood Madison with calls and e-mails tonight and tomorrow morning. Also pray. This is going to be a terrible step for Wisconsin children. - Kim

Representative Dan Meyer (R-WI 34th)
Phone: (608) 266-7141
Fax: (608) 282-3634
Rep.Meyer@legis.wisconsin.gov
Senator Jim Holperin (D-WI 12th)
Phone: (608) 266-2509
Fax: (608) 267-0309
Sen.Holperin@legis.wisconsin.gov

Pro-Family Advocates are Needed Thursday to Attend Public Hearing on the Senate Version of the Planned Parenthood Sex Ed Bill - Senate Bill 324.

Senate Education Committee - Public Hearing Notice

http://committeeschedule.legis.state.wi.us/files/HearingNotices/09-10-29-0930-2009SEDU-12362.html

Thursday, NOVEMBER 5, 2009
10:00 AM

Planned Parenthood Sex Ed Bill - Senate Bill 324

(Companion Bill to Assembly Bill 458)

Relating to providing instruction in human growth and development.

Senate Education Committee Members Contact Information

(4 NO Votes are needed to stop this Anti-Family Bill)

Tomorrow (10-27-09), the Assembly Education Committee will be VOTING on Assembly Bill 458.

(7 NO Votes are needed to stop this Anti-Family Bill in Committee)

Assembly Education Committee Members Contact Information

Assembly Bill 458 - actual text

Memos from Pro-Family Organizations:
1) Pro-Life Wisconsin
2) Wisconsin Family Action
3) Wisconsin Right to Life

Key Concerns With Planned Parenthood’s School-Based Sex Ed Bill:

Background Concerns:

1) Planned Parenthood, again the state’s largest abortion provider is fully supporting Assembly Bill 458 that would apply to Kindergarten to 12th Grade.

Planned Parenthood’s 2009 Legislative Agenda

2) The two main authors of the bill, Senator Lena Taylor (D-Milwaukee) and Representative Tamara Grigsby (D-Milwaukee) were endorsed by Planned Parenthood. (If you will recall from the 2007-08 Session, these were the same two legislators who tried to mandate the controversy-ridden HPV(e.g. Gardasil) vaccine for all of Wisconsin’s little 6th grade girls in public and private schools. Fortunately, a group of mothers and grandmothers was able to inject common sense into the State Capitol and stop that offensive bill last Session.)

3) The more sexually active youth there are in this state results in increased revenue for groups like Planned Parenthood. Last year, Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin received $12.1 MILLION of our state and federal tax dollars from such programs as Title V, Title X, BadgerCare and the Family Planning Waiver.

4) Wis. Statute 948.02(2) states that it is a Class C Felony for anyone to have sexual contact or engage in sexual intercourse with a person less than 16 years of age. The penalty for this offense is “a fine of up to $100,000 or imprisonment up to 40 years or both.”

5) Teens can be placed on Wisconsin’s Sex Offender Registry.

6) 17 year olds are charged as adults for most crimes in Wisconsin.

Specific Parents’ Rights Concerns With Assembly Bill 458

1) Assembly Bill 458 eliminates Abstinence-Centered instruction in Wisconsin and replaces it with Planned Parenthood-style Sex Ed.

2) (Page 4 – Lines 2-12) – Allows Planned Parenthood to define key terms such as “Medically Accurate Information” and “Age Appropriate” in our state statutes. This is a very dangerous practice – for teens, parents, and taxpayers.

3) (Page 4 – Lines 14-15) – Assembly Bill 458 applies to grades Kindergarten to 12. After reviewing Planned Parenthood’s offensive website for teens, imagine what type of instruction Planned Parenthood would design for 5 year olds.

3) (Page 5 – line 18) - Assembly Bill 458 will promote homosexuality to captive teen audiences.

4) (Page 5 – Line 19) - Assembly Bill 458 will place a stamp of approval on teen promiscuity and place abstinence supporters holding Christian values in a less-than-favorable position in the classroom.

5) (Page 3, Lines 2-5) – Assembly Bill mandates the state to apply for federal tax dollars to fund Planned Parenthood-style teen pregnancy programs. Is this the prelude to establishing taxpayer-funded sex clinics in Wisconsin’s schools?

6) (Page 5 – Lines 23-24) – Assembly Bill 458 will force the promotion of counseling by various entities – some of which may not be family friendly. What is Planned Parenthood’s definition of “violent relationship?” Are parents creating a “violent relationship” by not allowing their 15 year old daughter to visit a Planned Parenthood clinic? Would you trust your family’s safety to our politically correct legal and social services system?

7) (Page 4, Line 11) – Assembly Bill 458 recognizes the American Medical Association “as a leading professional organization.” A large segment of the public does not realize that only 20% of all medical doctors in the entire US maintain membership in the American Medical Association. Embracing extreme liberal views as the AMA has in the last decade likely explains the lack of full support by members of the medical community.

American Medical Association overhauls its image in new marketing effort.

AMA: Membership Bounces Back Slightly

8) (Page 4, Lines 2-12) - AB 458 usurps local control. Parents and locally-elected school board members know how best to serve the needs of their community without Planned Parenthood’s influence.

9) (Page 7, Lines 2-4) - AB 458 also puts sex health volunteers under the volunteer health provider category in the state statutes, which exempts them from liability. This means that Planned Parenthood’s classroom marketing personnel would be entitled to receive legal coverage from a taxpayer-funded lawyer should any teens be harmed and parents file a lawsuit. Imagine tax dollars paying Planned Parenthood's legal bills.