The teacher points out that the French history, geography and civics curriculum requires teachers to organize debates on social issues, including contradictory documents. Like every year, Mr Isnard organized one such debate on abortion in October 2010, inviting students to participate and provide their own material if they wished. He introduced several documents and films to highlight both sides of the topic. He discussed the text of the 1975 abortion law, read a speech by Simone Veil defending the legislation and played short documentaries to the class (“Sois un homme”, ...