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Books with depictions of sex acts, written or visual, would not be allowed on school library shelves under the governor's education bill.
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The viewpoints of two mothers from suburban Des Moines underscore a divide over LGBTQ content in books as Gov. Kim Reynolds pushes an especially sweeping crackdown on content in school libraries.