Grades 10 - 12 | Tuesday | Life is a Gift
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Lesson Plans for 'Life is a Gift'
Grades 10-12 Student Handout
Today, with ultrasound and high definition images of unborn babies, it is hard to understand how people can still make the choice for abortion. Students will reflect on both sides of the issue and learn what is involved in the decision.
Questions for Discussion:
• What is the true power of sex?
• Why is sex separated from pregnancy and children in our culture? Who benefits from encouraging that separation?
• With all of the public evidence that abortion directly kills unborn children, why do people continue to choose abortion or participate in abortion? What is the greater good that they appeal to that makes them feel abortion is acceptable?
• Is it possible to come up with a logical argument for giving pregnant women the absolute right to determine whether an unborn person lives or dies? Why or why not?
• Are there any instances of living humans whose lives should not be protected? Are there any lives that are not as valuable as others’? What about people in a coma? With a terminal disease? On death row? Who have committed serious crimes?
• Can we build a society that supports women and their children so that women will not want to choose abortion? What would that look like?
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Resources
Catholic Social Teaching 101: Life and Dignity of the Human Person
3.5 min video provides overview of the Catholic position on life issues
Pro-Life4 min video. Chris Stefanick provides perspective on this generation's commitment to being pro-life and overturning abortion.
Photography of human fetal development3 minute video uses photography of fertilization
and growth of an embryo
and fetus.
I am Human, I have a
right to lifeEvery human, no matter their circumstances, has value, and the right to life.
There is no equivalenceArticle by Archbishop Charles Chaput of Philadelphia discusses the foundational principle of the right to life and its place as the primary social justice issue.
Pro-Life Answers
Comprehensive article against abortion from Abby Johnson.
When Does a Human Life Begin?
6 min video provides the scientific case for the fact that life begins at conception.
People Make Difficult Decisions in LifeAbby Johnson, former Planned Parenthood executive, offers a unique perspective and resources for making difficult choices for life.
What I Wish Women Knew About Plan B
Becca shares about taking Plan B in college and only later understanding what it really meant.
What to Say To a Friend Considering Abortion
Blog post offers practical advice for helping a friend who is considering an abortion.
I was Betrayed: My Abortion StoryBlog post shares Marie’s story, and she explains how abortion and its supporters betray women.
Body Inside My Body
Humorous 1 min video highlights the absurdity of the slogan “my body, my choice.”
The Magical Birth Canal
Hilariousl 1 min video criticizes the idea that a baby only has human rights outside the womb.
Open Your Eyes. Pro-Life Feminists Are Everywhere.CNN article by Helen Alvaré cites the growing contributions by pro-life feminists in politics, academia and media
The Lazy Slander of the Pro-Life Cause
Academic article shows evidence contrary to the idea that pro-lifers do not care about women.
Karen Gaffney, OneLife LA
13 minute video of Karen Gaffney, a woman with Down Syndrome, an accomplished swimmer and president of a non-profit who knows that people with disabilities are “made for greater” and just as valuable as everyone else.
The Unexpected Gift
An inspiring 6 minute video of a young woman who found herself pregnant in high school and courageously chose to give life to her son in the midst of receiving an adverse pre-natal diagnosis.
Abortion: From Controversy to Civility -- Talks at Google1 hour video. Stephanie Gray invites the audience to be "pro-conversation" on a topic that can be one of the most divisive, and demonstrates that it is possible to be gracious and respectful when encountering different ideas.
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