Post by Logan on Feb 25, 2016 20:41:08 GMT -6
JUNEAU — Alaska lawmakers are poised to consider legislation that would bar school districts from contracting with abortion services providers or allowing them to offer materials or provide instruction on human sexuality or sexually transmitted diseases.
A legislative attorney has raised questions about the constitutionality of the provisions. Erik Houser, a spokesman for Planned Parenthood Votes Northwest and Hawaii, said the organization’s education programs are regularly targeted around the U.S., “but rarely in such a blatant and discriminatory way.”
The language is part of a broader bill from Wasilla Republican Sen. Mike Dunleavy that calls for local school boards to adopt policies promoting parental involvement in a district’s education program. Among other things, the policies would have to include procedures allowing for a parent to object to and withdraw a child from a state-required test or from activities or programs due to concerns about content involving sexual matters or privacy.
The bill could be brought up for consideration by the state Senate later this week.
Earlier this week, Dunleavy introduced what he called a companion to that bill that would restrict activities of abortion services providers or representatives of them in public schools and lay out penalties for violations.
Read more: juneauempire.com/state/2016-02-24/bills-would-restrict-planned-parenthood-alaska-schools
A legislative attorney has raised questions about the constitutionality of the provisions. Erik Houser, a spokesman for Planned Parenthood Votes Northwest and Hawaii, said the organization’s education programs are regularly targeted around the U.S., “but rarely in such a blatant and discriminatory way.”
The language is part of a broader bill from Wasilla Republican Sen. Mike Dunleavy that calls for local school boards to adopt policies promoting parental involvement in a district’s education program. Among other things, the policies would have to include procedures allowing for a parent to object to and withdraw a child from a state-required test or from activities or programs due to concerns about content involving sexual matters or privacy.
The bill could be brought up for consideration by the state Senate later this week.
Earlier this week, Dunleavy introduced what he called a companion to that bill that would restrict activities of abortion services providers or representatives of them in public schools and lay out penalties for violations.
Read more: juneauempire.com/state/2016-02-24/bills-would-restrict-planned-parenthood-alaska-schools