Indiana students have been given permission to start a chapter of Students for Life of America in their school as part of a partial settlement in a suit against the school.
QUICK FACTS:
- A student in the Noblesville High School in Indiana has been granted permission to start a chapter of Students for Life of America at her school, according to Decision Magazine.
- The student, identified by her initials, E.D., brought an ongoing suit against the school district over a revocation of the student’s approval to hold the pro-life group on school grounds
- The school violated E.D.’s 14th Amendment rights to association and freedom of speech, according to her suit, along with other violations.
- According to the publication, the suit is still ongoing, however, the school agreed earlier in the week to allow the club to meet, as reported by MSN News.
MORE ON THE STUDENT’S CASE:
- According to Decision Magazine, the group initially received approval for the group and had 34 would-be members.
- The flyer for the group caused a stir, however, as it showed students at the Supreme Court building holding signs that said “We are the pro-life generation” and “Defund Planned Parenthood.”
- The dean of students took exception to the flier and despite E.D.’s offer to change the photo with one more acceptable, the club’s status as a student organization was revoked.
BACKGROUND:
- According to E.D.’s complaint, their club was acting in the same way as other student groups who had fliers and information posted around the school.
- Included in those politically charged postings was one mural that depicts a fist in the air, in a photo that is often associated with both Black Lives Matter and Marxism.
- Additionally, the student alleges that an instructional assistant at a local middle school, said: “There is no place for a club that endorses misogyny, bigotry, and conspiracy-driven politics in our public schools.”
