The ongoing fight for and against the arrival of Planned Parenthood in Chattanooga came before the Hamilton County Board of Education on Thursday night as abortion opponents rallied at the monthly meeting in support of the county’s abstinence-only sexual education model.
Frank Ramseur, senior pastor of Calvary Chapel Chattanooga, told the school board there is broad and increasing local support for the current sex education curriculum, which is superior to anything Planned Parenthood provides.
In May, Calvary Chapel Chattanooga encouraged members to become involved in the fight against Planned Parenthood, including signing a petition for the school board and donating to support an abortion reversal treatment in the city.
“We’re here to make no demands,” Ramseur told the school board Thursday night. “We’re here not to make any threats, push any political agenda. We have come simply to represent and give voice to, I think, a significant and growing number of citizens, largely parents of school-age children, who are aware of Planned Parenthood’s sort of reemergence in our city.”
As of Thursday, more than 2,500 people signed Calvary Chapel Chattanooga’s petition, which raises concerns that Planned Parenthood is trying to implement a new curriculum in the schools. The petition states it will be sent to Hamilton County Schools Superintendent Bryan Johnson and the school board to “to stand up for the health of children in this district and protect them from the abortion-minded curriculums that Planned Parenthood brings to cities.”