Putting Abortion on the Curriculum

Putting Abortion on the Curriculum 2

Tim Foley for The Chronicle

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Tim Foley for The Chronicle

I am a Bible-studies professor, teaching in Springfield, Mo., so one might expect that the last subject I would want to tackle in the classroom is abortion. Many professors avoid it—not because the topic isn't relevant, or central to how many people here in the Midwest understand biblically based Christianity, but because it is just too scary. A discussion about abortion would very likely divide the class into polar opposites, with each side never listening to the other. So what's the

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