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Fri Apr 12, 2013, 11:35 AM Apr 2013

Federal Appeals Court Explains Why Rubber Fetuses And High Schools Don’t Mix



Federal Appeals Court Explains Why Rubber Fetuses And High Schools Don’t Mix

An anti-abortion student group in Roswell, New Mexico thought it would be a good idea to pass out hundreds of small rubber replicas of fetuses to students at two high schools. As it turns out, this was not such a good idea:

Both schools experienced doll-related disruptions that day. Many students pulled the dolls apart, tearing the heads off and using them as rubber balls or sticking them on pencil tops. Others threw dolls and doll parts at the “popcorn” ceilings so they became stuck. Dolls were used to plug toilets. Several students covered the dolls in hand sanitizer and lit them on fire. One or more male students removed the dolls’ heads, inverted the bodies to make them resemble penises, and hung them on the outside of their pants’ zippers.

Teachers at both schools complained that students’ preoccupation with the dolls disrupted classroom instruction. While teachers were trying to instruct, students threw dolls and doll heads across classrooms, at one another, and into wastebaskets. Some teachers said the disruptions took eight to 10 minutes each class period, and others said their teaching plans were derailed entirely. An honors freshman English class canceled a scheduled test because students had become engaged in name calling and insults over the topic of abortion. A Roswell security officer described the day as “a disaster” because of the dolls.

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http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2013/04/11/1854361/federal-appeals-court-explains-why-rubber-fetuses-and-high-schools-dont-mix/

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Federal Appeals Court Explains Why Rubber Fetuses And High Schools Don’t Mix (Original Post) progressoid Apr 2013 OP
I read this as 'students playing with toys' because these are little rubber toys. Tikki Apr 2013 #1
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