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Related: About this forumArlington Public Schools to Consider Lifting Ban on Planned Parenthood Website
Arlington Public Schools to Consider Lifting Ban on Planned Parenthood Website
by Fatimah Waseem February 2, 2018 at 10:45 am
Arlington Public School officials are considering unblocking the website of Planned Parenthood on APS computers.
The site for the nonprofit organization that provides reproductive care healthcare is currently blocked on all student computers because it is considered sex education, according to the school system.
After ARLnow contacted the school system about the ban, a school spokesman said the county was considering plans to lift the content filter. ... Frank Bellavia, the school systems communications coordinator, said a decision is expected within the next week. The school system began reconsidering the block after receiving several inquiries, he said.
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One parent who contacted ARLnow.com pointed out that Planned Parenthood, which provides abortion services, is blocked while the website of anti-abortion group National Right to Life was not blocked. ... The block has been in effect for quite some time, according to Bellavia. The school system contracts an external provider that filters content on student computers.
Update at 11:40 a.m. Bellavia says National Right to Life has now been blocked. Because it was brought to our attention previously, IT staff blocked that site, he said.
Anna Merod contributed reporting.
by Fatimah Waseem February 2, 2018 at 10:45 am
Arlington Public School officials are considering unblocking the website of Planned Parenthood on APS computers.
The site for the nonprofit organization that provides reproductive care healthcare is currently blocked on all student computers because it is considered sex education, according to the school system.
After ARLnow contacted the school system about the ban, a school spokesman said the county was considering plans to lift the content filter. ... Frank Bellavia, the school systems communications coordinator, said a decision is expected within the next week. The school system began reconsidering the block after receiving several inquiries, he said.
....
One parent who contacted ARLnow.com pointed out that Planned Parenthood, which provides abortion services, is blocked while the website of anti-abortion group National Right to Life was not blocked. ... The block has been in effect for quite some time, according to Bellavia. The school system contracts an external provider that filters content on student computers.
Update at 11:40 a.m. Bellavia says National Right to Life has now been blocked. Because it was brought to our attention previously, IT staff blocked that site, he said.
Anna Merod contributed reporting.
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Arlington Public Schools to Consider Lifting Ban on Planned Parenthood Website (Original Post)
mahatmakanejeeves
Feb 2018
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niyad
(113,807 posts)1. so, Planned Parenthood is blocked, but the insanity of right-to-life isn't??? hmmmmm.
elleng
(131,342 posts)2. and just can't have sex education!!!
procon
(15,805 posts)3. Backwards, medieval, religious based, sexist taboos masquerading as school policy.
No science, no medical facts, no experts, no choice. That's not education, its ideological motivated propaganda. Run, boys and girls, run to the public library and read or use a free computer to get the right info, call PPP, go talk to a nurse or doctor, but don't let those schools con you anymore.