Block 3
Ms. McMurray & Mrs. Ramshaw

Thursday, December 22, 2011

Andrea's Current Event

The Northwood High School girls' basketball team of Pittsboro, North Carolina is upset with their school's Nuthouse (equivalent to our Red Sea) for being sexist. The girls on the basketball team complain that the Nuthouse only attends boys' sports, and the one game they attended was last year's fourth round playoff game, where the students showed up in the third quarter and just sat down instead of cheering. Also, the boys' basketball team always has the later games and later practice times, meaning more fans at the games and their team being able to practice however long they want.

The girls and coach of the Northwood High School understand that the school is meeting all the requirements for Title IV, but they wish there was a way to change the school's culture of supporting boys' teams over girls'.

Do you see this issue at Hudson High? Since this issue is technically not infringing upon Title IV, what could the school do to try and fix this problem?



Tuesday, December 20, 2011

Laura F's Current Event: Reproductive Rights

The Next Roe V. Wade? Jennie McCormack's Abortion Battle; Unwed, unemployed, mother of three, Jennie McCormack aborted her 18-21 week old fetus by taking RU-486, otherwise known as the abortion pill. McCormack then took the fetus and put it in box on her front porch, was later arrested that night. McCormack having no car and no computer had no way of reaching the nearly fifty mile away clinic willing to perfom the abortion. McCormack had her sister order the pill online, costing $200 and delivered it to McCormack's house. In Idaho, where this all took place, it is against the law for a woman to induce her own abortion, but it is legal for her to take the abortion pill if administrated by a doctor either through an appointement or prescription. The sentence is up to five years in prison. McCormack's case is similar to 'Roe v. Wade' in the way that the outcome of her case will change the country's view on the abortion wars.


Do you think Idaho's law on inducing one's own abortion is unconstitutional? Why or why not?