PP opposes bill to train all staff to report child abuse....

Live Action reports on a bill before IL legislature...that should be a no brainer....but of course you can't make this stuff up with Planned Parenthood...it mandates all staff of Planned Parenthood including volunteers who have knowledge of abuse of minors to report the abuse. But no, we don't want to cause a burden for the dept. charged with investigating child abuse??? Nor do we want to have PP take time to train the people that are charged with working with clients??? Unbelievable!!

"What this means is Planned Parenthood staff including volunteers, front-desk staff (which often willingly offer medical guidance), and other non-licensed office staff are not required to report child sexual abuse when they find out that a child is being abused.Why then is Planned Parenthood opposing this common-sense measure that requires that all Planned Parenthood staff report child sex abuse when made aware of it? Planned Parenthood writes on their website:

HB 2093 requires office staff and volunteers of organizations that provide reproductive health care or sex education to be mandated reporters of child abuse. All doctors, nurses and teachers are already mandated reporters. Therefore, these organizations are already legally required to make reports. This bill creates redundant regulations that have the potential to overload the Department of Children and Family Services.
Source: Planned Parenthood Action Webpage (view screen capture that we took here)

The ACLU, strong backers of abortion, though continues to oppose the child sex abuse reporting bill saying:

Another measure, House Bill 2093, expands mandated reporting of child abuse – already required of every licensed health care professional in the state – to cover every employee or volunteer of any organizations that provides or refers for reproductive health care – creating cumbersome and unnecessary bureaucracy and training requirements for non-profit organizations and diverting time and money from patient care."