Dr. Jeffrey Lamont at Merrill HG &D Meeting
Dr. Lamont speaks in favor of a comprensive curriculum for Merrill students.
Podcast Archive
Merrill Human Growth and Development Committee Meeting
In the next few podcasts we will be playing the audio we recorded in Merrill, Wi. We had the chance to attend the Human Growth and Development Committee meeting in which changes to the Sex Ed curriculum were discussed. In this podcast we hear from former School Board President Mr. Joe Fink about his desire to opt out of the state law, and to study the situation.
Third Merrill Student Interview
In Merrill, Wisconsin this week a discussion is happening in regards to Sex Ed. In the State of Wisconsin a law was recently passed entitled ‘The Healthy Youth Act’ which mandates medical accuracy in Sex Ed. Parents in Merrill have raised a petition, and we thought it important to speak to Students about their experiences and expectations about Sex Ed. Each Student was asked the exact same set of questions.
Merrill Second Student Interview
In Merrill, Wisconsin this week a discussion is happening in regards to Sex Ed. In the State of Wisconsin a law was recently passed entitled ‘The Healthy Youth Act’ which mandates medical accuracy in Sex Ed. Parents in Merrill have raised a petition, and we thought it important to speak to Students about their experiences and expectations about Sex Ed. Each Student was asked the exact same set of questions.
Merrill Student Interviews
In Merrill, Wisconsin this week a discussion is happening in regards to Sex Ed. In the State of Wisconsin a law was recently passed entitled ‘The Healthy Youth Act’ which mandates medical accuracy in Sex Ed. Parents in Merrill have raised a petition, and we thought it important to speak to Students about their experiences and expectations about Sex Ed. Each Student was asked the exact same set of questions.
Sue Kettner on the Pills 50th Birthday
In this podcast we speak to Sue Kettner about the birth control pill through out her 35 year career at Family Planning Health Services. This year marks the 50th Anniversary of the Birth Control Pill.
Forty4Forty Counter Demonstration in Wausau
In this weeks podcast I speak to Tiffany Bredeck. Tiffany, as part of the Forty4Forty movement, organized a counter demonstration in Wausau, Wi. The local church was an active supporter in the 40 Days for Life movement, and Tiffany wanted to inform the local members of that church about the clinic harassment.
Health Care Reform
In this podcast I speak to Lisa Subeck of NARAL Pro Choice Wisconsin, Congresswoman Gwen Moore, State Representative Donna Seidel, and Family Planning Health Services Executive Director Lon Newman about the Health Care Reform legislation that just passed in Washington DC.
I asked each of them the same question, Why was this Health Care Reform legislation important?
I received four unique answers.
Lisa Subeck on Forty4Forty
In this podcast I speak to one of the Founders of the Forty4Forty movement. A movement aimed at ending harassment outside clinics across this nation.
From their website…
“It has long been the tactic of anti-abortion activists in Wisconsin and around the country to try to scare women out of visiting women’s health and family planning centers through campaigns of harassment and intimidation outside of family planning and abortion clinics. This year is no exception.
The Family Planning Health Services (FPHS) clinic in Wausau and the Madison Surgery Center in Madison have both been targeted by anti-choice protestors who use graphic and misleading photographs and signs, shout slogan, block access, and create a general atmosphere of fear in their attempts to harass patients and staff.
To counter these actions, the Wisconsin Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice and NARAL Pro-Choice Wisconsin Foundation have partnered with FPHS to create the Forty 4 Forty pledge campaign. The name is inspired by what the anti-choice movement refers to as “40 Days for Life” which manifests itself in “40 Days of Harassment” as anti-choice demonstrators maintain a constant 40 day presence outside of clinics during which they harass patients, staff, and others approaching the health centers.”
For more info please visit Forty4Forty.
Idaho Senate Bill 1353
This week I speak to Stacy Falkner of Planned Parenthood of the Great Northwest. She and I discuss pending legislation in Idaho, Senate Bill 1353. This is the so called Conscience Bill that seeks to redefine what an abortifacient is in Idaho. Planned Parenthood of the Great Northwest has opposed this legislation. For more information email Stacy at Stacy.Falkner@ppgnw.org.
Planned Parenthood Refusal Letter to the Senate Floor
