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DOCUMENTATION AND ADDITIONAL READING
PART 1
(0:0 – 11:42):
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U. S. Controversy Over Abortion Heats Up As House Panel in Washington Hears Pro-Life and Pro-Abortion Testimonies and a Federal Court Considers the Texas Abortion Bill

NEW YORK TIMES (SHERYL GAY STOLBERG)
A Congresswoman’s Story: Raped at 17, ‘I Chose to Have an Abortion’

CNN (CHANDELIS DUSTER)
Top Democrats Disagree On Including Hyde Amendment In Economic Bill

PART 2
(11:43 – 17:36):
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Logic of the Culture of Death In Mexico As Elites Pressure Popular Culture To Present Abortion As A ‘Right’ And A ‘Choice’

NEW YORK TIMES (MELISSA AYALA)
This Is for All the Girls Who Grew Up Thinking Abortion Meant Death or Jail

PART 3
(17:37 – 21:22):
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Abortion in China: As Totalitarian Seeks to Restrict Abortion, It Shows that Anti-Abortion Does Not Always Mean Pro-Life

NEW YORK TIMES (VIVIAN WANG)
China’s Vow to Reduce Abortions Sparks Public Worries

PART 4
(21:23 – 24:3):
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Coming To A School District Near You: LGBTQ Inclusivity Guidelines — for 4-year-olds

TELEGRAPH (DANIEL SANDERSON)
Scottish Four-Year-Olds Can Change Gender At School Without Parents’ Consent

DOCUMENTATION AND ADDITIONAL READING
PART 1
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Moral Revolution of Unprecedented Nature: Biden Administration Seeks to Strip Right From Christian Colleges to Operate According to Historic, Christian Beliefs on Gender

WALL STREET JOURNAL (JERRY C. DAVIS)
Biden Policy Disrespects Both Science and Religion

PART 2
(9:45 – 13:26):
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As Texas Board Rejects Sex Ed Materials, Christians are Reminded that Education — Of Any Sort — is Never Morally Neutral

DALLAS MORNING NEWS (CORBETT SMITH)
Texas Board Rejects Proposed Sex Ed Materials for Middle and High Schoolers

PART 3
(13:27 – 19:15):
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Beto O’Rourke Announces Run for Texas Governor — But Will Texas Elect Self-Proclaimed Progressive ‘Man of Destiny’?

DALLAS MORNING NEWS (MARK DAVIS)
With Beto, Texas Democrats will Party Like It’s 2018

PART 4
(19:16 – 22:33):
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Senatorial Realities: Lisa Murkowski Fights for Re-Election in Alaska Amidst History of Controversial Political Decisions Within the Republican Party

DALLAS MORNING NEWS (EMILY COCHRANE)
Murkowski Announces Re-election Bid, Setting Up Clash With Trump

PART 5
(22:34 – 24:35):
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Vermont Senator of 48 Years, Patrick Leahy, Set to Retire — What Can We Learn From the Shift in the State’s Political Landscape During His Tenure?