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Questions about Roe v. Wade won't be included on next year's Advanced Placement U.S. Government and Politics exam, following the U.S. Supreme Court's overturning of the ruling in June.
The College Board, the organization that runs the AP program, announced the decision in a message to AP U.S. Government and Politics teachers in July. Roe has been a required case in the course framework since the 2018-19 school year.
In the message, the College Board explained that the choice to remove questions about Roe has to do with how the AP tests are created. The exams are written years in advance, so questions about Roe as a legal precedent slated for the 2023 test “are at risk of becoming inaccurate and confusing to students,” the message reads.
The College Board plans to evaluate whether and how Roe will be included in future exams and provide an update to teachers in the fall.
The organization's decision is just one example of how the Supreme Court’s ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, which ruled that the U.S. Constitution does not protect a right to abortion, will change the way that social studies and government teachers discuss certain constitutional issues. Teachers and curriculum...