Action4Canada - June 30, 2023


Planned Parenthood Suspended in Saskatchewan Schools


Episode Stats

Length

2 minutes

Words per Minute

149.53036

Word Count

398

Sentence Count

25

Misogynist Sentences

1


Summary

Planned Parenthood says it will be back in the classroom in the fall. The group says it plans to hold discussions with government with the hope of being back in classrooms in the Fall. The Education Minister Dustin Duncan announced the group has been suspended from Health and Wellness presentations in Saskatchewan schools.


Transcript

00:00:00.000 Good evening, we're hearing from Planned Parenthood today after yesterday's press
00:00:10.360 conference from the education minister. Dustin Duncan announced the group has been
00:00:15.240 suspended from health and wellness presentations in Saskatchewan schools.
00:00:19.320 As Wayne Manteca explains, it stems from complaints after a lesson in Lumsden.
00:00:25.720 Planned Parenthood won't be invited back into Saskatchewan classrooms for now.
00:00:31.160 The organization has been suspended by the education minister. I have directed and
00:00:39.100 will be directing boards of education and administration to suspend for the time
00:00:45.800 being the work in schools of Planned Parenthood. The government has deemed age
00:00:52.920 inappropriate resource material brought into a Lumsden grade 9 classroom. I've
00:00:58.680 also directed the ministry to begin a review of all ministry documents as it
00:01:03.780 relates to resources and curriculum related to health and wellness classes to
00:01:08.040 ensure that they are indeed age appropriate. The material was not part of
00:01:12.660 the classroom presentation but available to students seeking information related
00:01:18.000 to their specific identity. Planned Parenthood says it will be pulled.
00:01:22.960 Yeah, in our discussion with Prairie Valley School Division we had no problem letting them know that we would just remove that from the kit for future interactions.
00:01:34.000 The NDP opposition agrees that the material was not age appropriate but feels the suspension is not warranted.
00:01:42.000 This is a province that has some of the highest rates of STDs, STIs in the country, some of the highest rates of teen pregnancy.
00:01:49.520 There's obviously the need to be teaching sexual health in schools.
00:01:53.520 Planned Parenthood believes it has a role to play in supporting curriculum outcomes.
00:01:58.960 It plans to hold discussions with government with the hope of being back in the classroom for fall.
00:02:04.880 Wayne Manteca, CTV News, Regina.
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