ABSTRACT
In the spring of 1989, while my 11thgrade U.S. history classes were examining the U.S. Supreme Court’s 1973 Roe v. Wade decision, five young women approached me after class and asked if
I would take them to Washington, D.C., to participate in a “pro-choice” demonstration. I told them that I would be glad to accompany them if it were organized as an official school trip. I recommended that they speak with the school’s student political action club (I was the faculty advisor) about sponsoring them. The students agreed; the club and the school’s administration gave approval;
the trip was arranged; and we went to Washington with a contingent from a local public college.
