Daily News Article - January 25, 2011
1. What are pro-life attendees of the annual March for Life in Washington D.C. asking the government to do regarding federal funding for abortions?
2. What is Roe v. Wade?
3. March for Life organizers are focused on mobilizing which group of people?
4. How many young people attended pro-life events at Verizon Center and the D.C. Armory?
5. a) If passed into law, what would the "No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act" do?
b) This is an important law. Go to govtrack.us/congress/billtext.xpd?bill=h112-3 and scroll down for the provisions of the bill. Do you support or oppose this bill? (Do you think taxpayers should have to pay for abortions if they are morally opposed to abortion?) Explain your answer.
c) OPTIONAL: Send an email to your representative in the House expressing your support for, or opposition to, the "No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act". Be clear, concise and polite. Find his/her email address at House.gov.
6. Per wikipedia: since 2003, approximately 250,000 people have participated in the D.C. March for Life every year. Many teenagers and college students attend the march each year, typically traveling with church/youth groups. Washington Post columnist Robert McCartney estimated that about half of the marchers are under age 30. March for Life has received relatively little media attention over the years.
Estimates for this year's march were between 200,000 to 300,000.
a) Do you think this is a news story that should be more widely reported on? (because of the topic: abortion, or because so many young people are attending, both or neither?) Why or why not?
b) Ask a parent the same question.