The Kentucky Science Center gave 8-year-old school children sexually graphic coloring books meant for adults.
Television station WDRB first reported on the incident involving students ages 8 to 13 who were attending a field trip from area schools.
The adult coloring book was created by Planned Parenthood and contains sheets that show male and female private parts and other sexual education activities like crosswords and word searches.
“We deeply regret the harm this caused,” the science center said in an online post. “We are taking immediate steps to ensure that all materials distributed at our events are thoroughly reviewed in advance and this partner is no longer welcome at the Science Center.”
It turns out that Planned Parenthood “inadvertently” distributing the graphic books to the children.
“We have learned that a staff member inadvertently distributed an item that wouldn’t typically be used in a setting like this event, along with many other accurate and age-appropriate materials. While all material at the event was medically-accurate, we apologize for this error and are reviewing our internal protocols,” Planned Parenthood’s Jennifer Allen said in a statement to the Courier-Journal.
Heather Terry, of Elizabethtown, told the television station her 9-year old daughter came home from the school field trip 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?'”
The science center said they have severed ties with Planned Parenthood and the organization will no longer be allowed to participate in center events.
Do you really think the Planned Parenthood coloring books were inadvertently given to the children?