The Kentucky Science Center in Louisville has announced that Planned Parenthood is “no longer welcome” at the museum after the organization distributed coloring books depicting genitalia to children as young as 8 during a March 21 event for elementary and middle school students.
The family-oriented museum made the announcement March 26 on Facebook.
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“We sincerely apologize for the distribution of a Planned Parenthood coloring book at our recent Health & Wellness Days event,” the post said. “Planned Parenthood provided this material without our consent and it does not reflect our policies or the intended content for the event.”
The center added that they deeply regretted the harm caused, and that it was taking steps to ensure all materials distributed are reviewed in advance.
WDRB, a FOX affiliate in Louisville, reports that after initially denying that they distributed the book, Planned Parenthood apologized and stated that the book “wouldn’t typically be used in a setting like this event.”
Jennifer Allen, director of external affairs officer for the region’s Planned Parenthood, wrote in a statement, “While all material at the event was medically accurate, we apologize for this error and are reviewing our internal protocols.”
WDRB adds that according to the museum, Planned Parenthood’s representatives arrived to the 9 a.m. event at 10:30 a.m., making it more difficult to assess the materials that they distributed.
The museum had also emailed the participating organizations in advance to please share any materials that they were planning on handing out and that elementary and middle school students from the area would be attending.
One mother, Heather Terry, stated that her 9-year-old daughter came home with the coloring book.
“I don’t care where the content came from,” Terry said. “I didn’t even know if it came from Planned Parenthood. I just know she’d gotten it at the science center and it said Planned Parenthood on it. My concern was the material itself and the content inside for my child personally. I feel like that’s something I should have control over — when she sees and how she gets that information, not just given out freely because she walked up and someone says ‘Here do you want a coloring book?’”
LifeNews Note: Grace Porto writes for CatholicVote, where this column originally appeared.