The father of a second-grader in Tennessee is demanding policy change within the school district after his child came home with a school-issued flyer promoting birth control, including condoms.
Rich Penkoski’s son is a second-grader at Mary Hughes Elementary School, which sent students home with a two-sided flyer advertising a free health clinic in Gray, Tenn., offering medical, dental and vision exams. The backside of the flyer, though, was dedicated to “free birth control and pre-pregnancy services.” Among the services: “free birth control including implants, IUDs, pills, condoms and more,” according to WCBY-TV.
The school is located in Piney Flats, a small town in East Tennessee.
“Why did the school feel it was appropriate to give this flyer to a seven-year-old?” Penkoski asked.
David Cox, the director of Sullivan County Schools, said the birth control information was placed on the back page of the flyer by mistake.
“What happened on the back of the information, there was another part that was inadvertently sent and it did say free birth control,” Cox told WCBY.
Penkoski, though, doesn’t believe it was inadvertent. He and Dale Walker, president of the Tennessee Pastors Network, appeared before the Sullivan County school board urging a change in policy.
“This is a full page,” Penkoski said, holding up the flyer….
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