New Hampshire School Officials Launch Probe Into Abortion Center Field Trip

Posted at LifeNews.com is an update to a story that I mentioned in an earlier blog post regarding a field trip to Planned Parenthood by a group of 41 7th and 8th grade students.

Members of the Manchester city school board have voted to launch a probe into why students at a middle school there were taken to a Planned Parenthood abortion business on a field trip. Last week, parents in the New Hampshire town learned that the school partnered with the YMCA for the trip under the guise of a program for at risk students.

We'll have to see if there are any consequences for this or if the school even decides to change any of it's policies.

A little bit concerning is this:

Doug Kruse, a member of the school board told the newspaper that he supported the vote for the investigation because the trip violated the trust of local parents. He also advocated canceling the at-risk program because of the abortion center visit.

Kruse was also upset that Parkside Middle School principal Dawn Michaud told the newspaper she was aware of the Planned Parenthood visit but told senior school officials she had no previous knowledge of it.

"Somebody doesn't have their story straight," Kruse said.

Seems like "status quo" for contraversial issues in the public school system.

Public School Students in New Hampshire Taken to Abortion Center

Posted at Life News.

Manchester, NH (LifeNews.com) -- Parents in New Hampshire are outraged after learning that the YMCA, in partnership with a local school district, took a group of junior high school students to a Planned Parenthood abortion business. The Manchester school district has come under fire for the trip and promises students will never go there again.
The Manchester school district has partnered with the YMCA to put together a program for at-risk students who are in danger of dropping out of school.

YMCA took the students to various places around town to show them summer programs and places to get involved in positive activities. However, a local Planned Parenthood was also on the list of places.

As a result, the YMCA took 41 seventh and eighth grade students last Wednesday to the abortion facility.

This is outrageous! Who signed the permission slips for this field trip? Although the city Mayor and chairman of the school board agreed that the visit was not appropriate, he went on to say for "that age group"! So, what age group does this honorable Mayor and board chairman think that it is appropriate?

Anne Johnson, the Planned Parenthood staff member who spoke for three minutes to the children at the abortion center, said abortion was never discussed. However, the students encountered pro-life protesters on the way into the center and knew that's what the facility did.

But Joyce Palmer, the YMCA's community outreach director, defended the trip in comments to the newspaper.

"The intent of the day was to provide information to kids who are getting ready for the summer and won't have the support of school or at home," said Palmer. "The intent was not to take kids to an abortion clinic. That word was never said."

As if that makes things better. I wonder what words actually were said. I highly doubt the word "adoption" came up much based on this story which says that according to a new annual report submitted by Planned Parenthood, in the 2005-2006 fiscal year, Planned Parenthood reported no referrals to adoption agencies! If we're not going to be talking about abortions or adoptions at Planned Parenthood, that only leaves the weather and birth control.

Dawn Michaud, principal of Parkside Middle School new(sic) about the trip beforehand and also defended the trip calling it more of a "job fair."

Good idea. Call it a "job fair."

You know, YMCA used to mean "Young Men's Christian Association". I wonder what they're calling it now.