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theHandpuppet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-16-08 08:34 AM
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Milpitas (CA) teacher screens anti-abortion clips in 8th-grade class
FIRE HIS ASS!!

http://origin.mercurynews.com/healthandscience/ci_8247979

Milpitas teacher screens anti-abortion clips in 8th-grade class
EIGHTH-GRADERS' PARENTS OUTRAGED; TEACHER ON LEAVE

By Sharon Noguchi
Mercury News
Article Launched: 02/13/2008 02:05:27 AM PST

A Milpitas science teacher has been placed on leave after showing parts of the graphic anti-abortion film "The Silent Scream" to five eighth-grade classes.

On Jan. 23, after students at Russell Middle School finished a chemistry test on acids and bases, first-year teacher Randy Yang showed clips from the controversial film, which depicts an 11-week-old fetus being dismembered during an abortion.

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When some students asked why they had to watch, Xhynah said, the teacher told them to avert their eyes if they didn't want to see it.

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The video narration begins, "Now we can discern the chilling silent scream on the face of this child who is facing imminent extinction."
The Web site is hosted by the Several Sources Foundation, a Christian anti-abortion group that provides counseling and information for pregnant girls and women....

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