Clare Marie Merkowsky<\/p>\n
REGINA, Saskatchewan (LifeSiteNews<\/a>) \u2014 Saskatchewan\u2019s government confirmed that Planned Parenthood has been banned from schools as part of new provincial regulations.<\/p>\n On August 30, Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe\u00a0told<\/a>\u00a0the\u00a0Western Standard<\/em>\u00a0that all third-party organizations have been blocked from teaching sexual education to students in the province, including the major abortion provider Planned Parenthood.<\/p>\n \u201cThere\u2019s a number of third-party organizations that are not going to come into our classrooms,\u201d Moe said.<\/p>\n \u201cIt is the expectation and the desire, I think, all of us in this province for the teachers to actually teach the curriculum, whether it be health and wellness curriculum,\u201d Moe said.<\/p>\n \u201cWhether it be mathematics, whatever. Ultimately, that might be, as far as discussions with respect to what that curriculum looks like moving forward,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n The decision to ban third party presentations comes after ninth graders at Lumsden High School were recently\u00a0given<\/a>\u00a0pornographic cards during an in-school Planned Parenthood presentation.<\/p>\n Last week, Saskatchewan Education Minister Dustin Duncan\u00a0announced<\/a>\u00a0new \u201cParental Inclusion and Consent Policies,\u201d which mandate parents be informed if their child wants to identify as a different name or \u201cgender,\u201d allow parents to opt their kids out of sex-ed and bans third party presentations from groups including Planned Parenthood.<\/p>\n \u201cTeachers can deliver this curriculum,\u201d Moe said, referring to sexual education. \u201cWe\u2019ll have the conversation on ensuring that you know what that curriculum is moving forward and how ultimately the government can play a role in supporting not only the teachers in our classroom but the students.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cBut the minister was very clear with respect to, you know, who will be in and providing material in that classroom and it won\u2019t be third parties,\u201d he continued.<\/p>\n Moe also confirmed that health and sexual education curriculum will be available for parents to view and decide if they are comfortable with their child participating in it.<\/p>\n \u201cThe curriculum is going to be communicated ultimately to parents,\u201d Moe said.<\/p>\n \u201cCertainly, as we move forward, it is the expectation that the teacher is going to be teaching that curriculum to our children and communicating it to the parents,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n Despite being\u00a0attacked<\/a>\u00a0by mainstream media for protecting children and parents, the new regulations are overwhelmingly supported by the people of Saskatchewan.<\/p>\n A recent poll\u00a0revealed<\/a>\u00a0strong support in Saskatchewan and across Canada for including parents in education and their children\u2019s decisions, with 86 percent of Saskatchewan supporting some level of notification for parents if children want to go by different pronouns in the classroom.<\/p>\n Furthermore, a Saskatchewan teacher told LifeSiteNews that she supports the decision to keep parents informed.<\/p>\n \u201cI fear that we are not supporting students or parents when we keep secrets,\u201d she explained. \u201cWe have many students using alternate names, which sometimes changes frequently during the year, and then are asked by parents if we were aware of the changes after the fact. I feel responsible for keeping the secret and I don\u2019t think it\u2019s fair. I think schools are already taking on too many \u2018parent roles\u2019 and it\u2019s important that parents play the \u2018parent role\u2019 not teachers!\u201d<\/p>\n Duncan\u2019s defense of parental rights comes just months after New Brunswick Premier Blaine Higgs was\u00a0condemned<\/a>\u00a0by the LGBT mob for reviewing the province\u2019s Gender Identity policy, which allowed schools to hide students\u2019 \u201ctransgender\u201d status from parents.<\/p>\n In early August, pro-LGBT politicians\u00a0tried unsuccessfully<\/a>\u00a0to remove Higgs from office, but Progressive Conservative party members revealed that Higgs has the support of the \u201csilent majority\u201d in his decision to protect children and parents.<\/p>\n Recently, western provinces seem to be increasingly defending children and parents against the LGBT mob. Last week, Manitoba Premier Heather Stefanson\u00a0promised<\/a>\u00a0that, if re-elected this fall, she too will enhance parental rights by mandating that schools inform parents if their child wants to identify as a different \u201cgender.\u201d<\/p>\n While LGBT activists have gone after the likes of Higgs and Moe for their slight pushback against gender ideology, a recent\u00a0Leger poll<\/a>\u00a0has shown that Canadians in general are in favor of supporting parental rights in education, especially in regard to what material is being shared with children.<\/p>\n