In answer to Daphne's first question, there is a book called "Who Has 
the Right?" - see a description at the WE LEARN website:
http://www.litwomen.org/learnmats/health.html#abortion
it had been distributed by Peppercorn and the book represented a jigsaw 
activity for both sides of the abortion issue.

Mev Miller
Director, WE LEARN
www.litwomen.org/welearn.html

On Tuesday, February 28, 2006, at 09:33  AM, Daphne Greenberg wrote:


> South Dakota has been in the news lately about a bill that would ban 

> most abortions in South Dakota. There are several threads of potential 

> discussion for this listserv and I would like to throw out the 

> following questions as discussion starters. I am hoping that one of 

> these questions will interest someone to respond!

> 1. Does anyone know of websites that can provide adult literacy 

> teachers with arguments on both sides of the abortion battle that 

> teachers can share with their students?

> 2. I am wondering-is abortion ever included in a health literacy 

> curriculum? If not why not? If yes, how it is included?

> 3. Is anyone on this listserv in South Dakota? Are people in adult 

> literacy classrooms talking about the bill to ban abortions?

> This is a possible activity that some of you may want to do in your 

> adult literacy class to promote critical thinking, debating, writing, 

> and research skills:

> Apparently, Fidelis, a national Catholic-based advocacy organization 

> is calling this bill, a bill that  protects women. Their vice 

> president has been quoted as saying that: "The enormous amount of 

> information now available on the harm to women brought about by 

> legalized abortion is incredible. Study after study has shown that 

> abortion is devastating for women."

> This can be shared with students and then they can be asked to:

> 1. Debate/write and defend their views on whether they agree with the 

> statement that this bill protects women.

> 2. What do studies say about abortion? Does it bring harm upon women? 

> How is research defined?

> Daphne

>

>

> Daphne Greenberg

> Assistant Professor

> Educational Psych. & Special Ed.

> Georgia State University

> P.O. Box 3979

> Atlanta, Georgia 30302-3979

> phone: 404-651-0127

> fax:404-651-4901

> dgreenberg at gsu.edu

>

> Daphne Greenberg

> Associate Director

> Center for the Study of Adult Literacy

> Georgia State University

> P.O. Box 3977

> Atlanta, Georgia 30302-3977

> phone: 404-651-0127

> fax:404-651-4901

> dgreenberg at gsu.edu

>

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