South Gwinnett News

Only a few months after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe vs Wade, a public school in Savannah asked children a hypothetical question about a state abortion ban and how best to deal "with this abuse of power."

The school system has since said that, "perhaps," the teacher who gave the assignment should have "framed" the question, and others on the assignment, differently.

The "Six Big Constitution Principles" assignment at Savannah Arts Academy included the hypothetical question, "The state of Georgia passed a law that bans all abortions under all circumstances. How can the constitutional principle of judicial review deal with this abuse of power?"

Fox News carried the story about the assignment on Sept. 21 and Fox 5 Atlanta carried the same story the following day. The story provided a copy of the assignment and pulled out in particular the question about the hypothetical Georgia state abortion ban.

Fox News reported that the assignment was provided to Georgia Republican Congressman Buddy Carter "by a parent who wishes to remain anonymous," Fox News reported.

Fox News also reported that Savannah-Chatham County Public Schools (SCCPSS), a school district with more than 38,000 students, confirmed to Fox News Digital that the assignment was issued at Savannah Arts Academy.

In a statement to Fox News Digital, the SCCPSS said the assignment had originally been written in 2021, prior to "the Dobbs decision from the United States Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade had not been issued."

"Perhaps the teacher should have framed the questions with the language 'to challenge this as an abuse of power' as opposed to 'deal with this abuse of power'," the SCCPSS statement said. "There are more than 3,000 teachers in the Savannah-Chatham School System. Our teachers are required to teach a curriculum in line with the Georgia Standards of Excellence and we trust that they do so. This is not considered indoctrination and the questions would not run afoul of Georgia's 'Divisive Concepts' law."

The Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade on June 24.

Fox News also reported about other controversies in public schools, saying, "Parents all over the country have been speaking out against coronavirus-related mandates in schools and progressive curricula that have been associated with critical race theory or gender theory."