Planned Parenthood announced it will be opening 50 clinics in Los Angeles high schools last week. This is just the organization’s latest attempt to infuse its values into the public school system.
Though the new “Wellbeing Centers” stop short of offering surgical abortions, they will provide emergency contraception, STI testing and treatment, and a wide range of birth control options. Funded by a $10 million grant from Los Angeles County and $6 million from Planned Parenthood, 50 clinics will open over the next three years, available to more than 75,000 students.
Students can walk into the clinics anytime — including during class. Per California law, minors can receive emergency contraception and other forms of birth control, and healthcare providers are not allowed to inform their parents without the minor’s permission.
The clinics will also train hundreds of teens to be “peer advocates” about “safe sex and relationships” and will provide “pregnancy counseling.” Pro-life advocates believe these are thinly-veiled efforts to drive more business to Planned Parenthood’s abortion-providing clinics.