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DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A federal judge on Friday temporarily blocked key parts of an Iowa law that bans some books from school libraries and forbids teachers from raising LGBTQ+ issues. Judge Stephen Locher’s preliminary injunction halts enforcement of the law, which was set to take effect Jan. 1 but already had resulted in […]
Authors and activists said the Republican-backed law infringed on free speech. The judge said the ban imposed a “puritanical ‘pall of orthodoxy’ over school libraries.”
DES MOINES — A federal judge on Friday temporarily blocked key parts of an Iowa law that bans some books from school libraries and forbids teachers from raising LGBTQ+ issues.
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A federal judge on Friday temporarily blocked key parts of an Iowa law that bans some books from school libraries and forbids<a class="excerpt-read-more" href="https://wsvn.com/news/us-world/judge-blocks-most-of-an-iowa-law-banning-some-school-library-books-and-discussion-of-lgbtq-issues/">Read More</a>
The legislation was approved by Iowa lawmakers and signed into law by Gov. Kim Reynolds early in 2023.