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June 26, 2022, 5:22 p.m.

How women will be forced to manage their abortion across half of America

Summary

Directions : To watch the feature story, click the video above (see transcript here ) or choose another story by clicking the link below and answering the following questions.

Five Facts

Discussion questions using the Journalist’s Five Ws plus an H:

  • Who are some of the individuals or groups of people mentioned in the news summary?
  • What stories are covered?
  • Where do some of the stories take place?
  • When did those stories occur?
  • Why did the event(s) take place?
  • How do you think the NewsHour’s producers decided which stories made it into the news summary?

Media literacy: Who else do you think should have been interviewed in the story you watched?

Focus Questions

See, Think, Wonder : What did you notice? What did the story make you think? What story would you want to find out more about? Where would you go to learn more?

For More

Click the stories below to see learn more about the significance of Roe being overturned. For a short civics activity, read the story "Is abortion illegal in your state? A comprehensive guide." What does the article say about your state? Were you surprised or not surprised to find abortion being made illegal in your state? Explain. https://youtube.com/shorts/T4LY1StYcn4?feature=share

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