Outrage is growing among parents and Arizona State lawmakers as news of a troubling curriculum being taught at the University of Arizona Nursing School has gone viral.
Senate Republicans say the curriculum aims to “cater to the radical left agenda, and to steal the innocence of young children through the next generation of medical professionals.”
Senate Republicans say they have reached out to the University of Arizona (UArizona), and “it’s our understanding an image shared by a whistleblower and posted to social media this week depicting a lesson plan on “asking pediatric patients about gender identity” is in fact from inside a classroom at UArizona Nursing School. The image reveals nursing students are being taught to start asking patients as young as three years of age if they “feel like a girl on the inside, feel like a boy on the inside, neither, or both.”
“I’m absolutely sickened that this institution of higher learning is perpetuating the lie that a person’s gender is based off feelings and not their God-given biological sex established upon conception,” said Senator Janae Shamp (R-29), Vice-Chair of the Senate Committee on Health & Human Services. “This is completely groomer garbage that strives to confuse our kids in an effort to cater to the evil that is being accepted by today’s society.”
“As a nurse,” said Shamp, “I am so disheartened that the next generation of nurses are being hijacked of their capabilities to deliver ethical care.”
“It is our obligation as lawmakers to stop this extremist agenda that continues to target minors in a predatory fashion,” said Senator Ken Bennett (R-1), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Education. “I’m looking forward to seeing what action President Robbins takes to ensure that this immoral curriculum being taught, with the use of state funding, never reaches another classroom again.”
“If this issue is not immediately resolved by the university, Senate Republicans will weigh all options to make certain tax dollars are no longer used in such an egregious fashion,” said Senator T.J. Shope (R-16), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Health & Human Services. “The mental health of our children and the state of our health care industry our being threatened by this radical ideology.”
Arizona Women of Action called on conservatives to contact university officials in a tweet:
@uarizona, this is disgraceful. Your NURSING students are learning untruthful, unscientific, damaging, destructive ideology. Our tax 💲💲💲.
How do reconcile this, @uarizona ?
Contact UofA: https://uarizona.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_8BPKSopR9pfE4bI
520-621-2211 @AZHouseGOP @AZSenateGOP @AZFreedomCaucus
.@uarizona, this is disgraceful. Your NURSING students are learning untruthful, unscientific, damaging, destructive ideology. Our tax 💲💲💲.
How do reconcile this, @uarizona?
Contact UofA: https://t.co/6RxKxYknsr
520-621-2211@AZHouseGOP @AZSenateGOP @AZFreedomCaucus https://t.co/cYpXvf31IV— Arizona Women of Action (@azwomenofaction) September 7, 2023