Independence Law Center and allied attorneys request full 3rd Circuit to take their case challenging PA school district’s unwritten policy PHILADELPHIA – Six students from the Boyertown Area School District and their families filed an appeal Monday asking the full U.S. Court of Appeals to take up their case after a three-judge panel ruled against the protection of their privacy. “No student…
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On Thursday, May 24, 2018, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit ruled against student privacy in Doe v. Boyertown Area School District. Six courageous students from the Boyertown Area School District have been forced to defend their right to personal privacy against the school district's unwritten policy which mandates that a girl's right to privacy from members of the opposite sex be dependent…
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School continues unwritten policy, told students to 'tolerate' undressing with members of the opposite sex PHILADELPHIA – Additional students have joined a federal lawsuit against the Boyertown Area School District (BASD) for intentionally violating their fundamental right to bodily privacy. Without any notice to students or parents, BASD opened its schools’ sex-specific restrooms and locker…
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SUMMARY: The Boyertown Area School District, without parent or student notification, made an unwritten change to school policy and opened its sex-specific restrooms and locker rooms to students of the opposite sex. When a student was standing in his underwear about to put his gym clothes on, he suddenly realized there was a member of the opposite sex changing with him in the locker room, who was also…
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Independence Law Center asks high court to stop censorship of “offensive” speech (HARRISBURG, PA) - The Independence Law Center, in conjunction with Jonathan D. Christman of Fox Rothschild LLP, filed a brief on February 13, 2015 with the U.S. Supreme Court on behalf of Children First Foundation, a pro-adoption nonprofit that has been promoting its mission through specialty “Choose Life” license…
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Independence Law Center hails victory for Lancaster company Conestoga Wood Specialties in abortifacient mandate case (HARRISBURG, PA) - Today the United States Supreme Court affirmed our nation's historic understanding of religious liberty by providing an exception to the abortifacient mandate that had been handed down by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as part of the Affordable…
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