7th grader and mom Anna Amador sue California elementary school over right to wear pro-life t-shirt [View All]

Source: NY Daily News

A mother is suing a California elementary school on behalf of her 7th grade daughter who she claims was asked by school administrators to remove a t-shirt with a pro-life message on it.

The 13-year-old student was wearing a shirt with two pictures of a growing fetus with the words "growing, growing, gone," on it as part of "National Pro-life T-shirt Day," FoxNews.com reports.

The mother, Anna Amador, says in the complaint that her daughter was treated unfairly and was humiliated when she was forcefully dragged to the principal's office at McSwain Elementary School to remove the shirt. She was in 6th grade at the time of the incident.

According to the complaint, the school's administration defended its actions by citing the school's dress code, which does not allow clothing to make reference to "tobacco, drug, or alcohol use, sexual promiscuity, profanity, vulgarity, or other inappropriate subject matter."

"The t-shirt's message did not disrupt the work and discipline of the school. Nor was it inapporpriate for her to have worn a shirt that promotes the sanctity of life. There is nothing inappropriate about supporting life," said William J. Becker Jr., a first amendment attorney representing Amador. "The student doesn't forfeit her First Amendment free speech rights at the schoolhouse steps."


Adminstrators at McSwain Elementary School asked a 7th grader to remove this shirt because they found it inappropriate. The girl and her mother are suing.






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