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The document provides 5 steps for writing a letter to the editor of a school newspaper or other publication to advocate for the pro-life position and counter pro-abortion bias: 1) Assign students to monitor publications for relevant articles. 2) Discuss as a group how to respond. 3) Assign writers to draft letters. 4) Keep letters short and factual. 5) Watch for publication and consider alternatives if rejected. The overall goal is to respectfully present the pro-life perspective.
The document provides 5 steps for writing a letter to the editor of a school newspaper or other publication to advocate for the pro-life position and counter pro-abortion bias: 1) Assign students to monitor publications for relevant articles. 2) Discuss as a group how to respond. 3) Assign writers to draft letters. 4) Keep letters short and factual. 5) Watch for publication and consider alternatives if rejected. The overall goal is to respectfully present the pro-life perspective.
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The document provides 5 steps for writing a letter to the editor of a school newspaper or other publication to advocate for the pro-life position and counter pro-abortion bias: 1) Assign students to monitor publications for relevant articles. 2) Discuss as a group how to respond. 3) Assign writers to draft letters. 4) Keep letters short and factual. 5) Watch for publication and consider alternatives if rejected. The overall goal is to respectfully present the pro-life perspective.
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5 Steps To Write a the same letter signed by different people. Send them in as soon as possible. Do not wait more Letter to the Editor than a day or two. Write a letter to the editor to be a 4. The letters should be short, concise voice to the unborn and to fight pro- and factual. Length should be 150-200 words. abortion bias in the media. Don’t go on an emotional rant, stick to your points and let the facts speak for them- selves. If the article you are responding to ar- gued that abortion should be allowed so that all 1. Assign two or three people in your children would be “wanted” children, point out group to read your school newspaper (or that child abuse rates have increased since other news sources) each day. These students abortion was legalized. Your first sentences are responsible for checking the paper for any should read something like this: “Dear Editor, I discussion of life issues. When they read an arti- am writing in response to the article “Abortion cle that mentions abortion or another issue your is Good for Society” printed in the January 1st group addresses, they should alert the group edition of the School Newspaper. Since abortion immediately. If possible, they should find the was legalized, child abuse rates have in- article in the online publication of the newspa- creased…” Make sure to reference your sources per and forward it to the group. and include contact information for your group.
2. Discuss it as a group. Over email or in 5. Watch for your letter to be published.
person at a meeting, but don’t wait more than a Those in control of your school newspaper are day. Talk about the article and discuss how probably pro-abortion. They may not publish it best to respond. If it’s a pro-life article, write at all. If it is published, read through it to see if in supporting the points made and adding any it has been edited in a biased fashion, write a relevant information. If the article presents letter of complaint if it has. If your letter is both the pro-life and pro-abortion sides of the never published, ask issue, write in supporting the pro-life points why. Work with and point out the flaws in the pro-abortion rea- the school news- soning. If the article is pro-abortion with no ex- paper, but also planation of the pro-life position, write in ex- consider start- plaining the pro-life position on the matter. ing your own Worse yet, the article might be an outright at- publication. tack on the pro-life position. Again, Check out the your job is to defend the pro-life posi- SFLA publi- tion. Be a voice for the unborn. cation. guide for 3. Assign people to write the letters. They help with can use the ideas and points your group dis- that. cussed to write compelling letters of support or rebuttal. This is a great task for students who have busy schedules that conflict with other group activities. They can write the letter on their own time and still make an important contribution to the pro-life work of your group. There is no limit to the number of let- ters you can submit. Get several students in- volved if you can, but each should write their
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