A Woodstock, Ont., mom is furious Grade 8 students have been assigned to make anti-abortion posters for a chance to win a cash prize, and says she’ll pull her two children from the Catholic school system as a result.
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- Patrick Catholic Elementary School in Woodstock, Ontario, under fire for in-class assignment.
- Grade 8 students must make anti-abortion posters for marks and the chance to win a cash prize.
- The assignment involves students creating a poster that includes the words “Unborn Babies Matter” Students in the class are learning the Catholic Church’s view on the “sanctity of life” as part of the Grade 8 religion curriculum.
- The London District Catholic School Board says students may choose to create a different poster that would fit the criteria for both the assignment and the optional third-party contest.
- The school board says the assignment on the blackboard offered a $150 prize, which a spokesperson said was a typo.