[EternalVigilance]

The teacher organizing the trip, Jason Gordon, said the students weren’t permitted to speak with the pro- life demonstrators because he did not want them to become involved in activism, denying that what they were doing was already a form of activism. He admitted that the children were not given both sides of the argument.

Child abuse of the worst kind.

[ukie55]

Raising little activists, I see. Whatever happened to field trips to the Liberty Bell or Valley Forge or the Franklin Institute?

[pray4liberty]

This is beyond sick. May God have mercy.

[Coleus]

Jason@solebury.org

 

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1721189/posts?page=49#49

 

School Criticized for Sending Students on Field Trip to Abortion Business

 

School Trip to Abortuary Triggers Calls for Firing of School Administrator

 

School Trips: Liberal Style

[WFTR]

If the class was an "activism class," why wouldn't the teacher want them to become involved in activism? That part of story doesn't make much sense.

From an ethical point of view, I'm skeptical of the decision to have students around women who are there for this situation. I wouldn't want any of the crisis pregnancy centers to which I donate to let a class full of kids come to the crisis pregnancy center to lead the clients around and watch what was happening. To do so would be an invasion of the privacy of those who came for help. While I oppose abortion, I still think that an abortion clinic allowing a field trip of this kind is an invasion of the privacy of the women who came to the clinic. The story isn't very complete, but my first impression from the description given was that the whole thing was similar to those old field trips to a dairy farm where every kid had a chance to milk a cow. Regardless of what one thinks about abortion, this place doesn't seem to be the kind of place where they care about the dignity of their patients.

I oppose abortion, but if a student wanted to volunteer at one of these clinics for six weeks and write a report, I wouldn't consider that assignment out of line. The school should allow other students to do the same thing at a crisis pregnancy center, but I can see these kinds of assignments being appropriate for advanced students in special studies programs. I like the idea of exposing young people to the reality of both sides of the issue, but this way of meeting that goal is wrong in so many ways.

Bill

[nmh]

Skip the field trip!

Just show them the results of the abortion.

A mangled baby. An arm here a leg there, brains sucked out on another one - they'll get the idea of what an abortion REALLY IS.

[FreedomProtector]

Also posted here:

http://www.michnews.com/artman/publish/article_14525.shtml