Idaho Professors Sue Over Law That Criminalizes Teaching About Abortion

Say law tramples First Amendment rights

https://truthout.org/articles/idaho-professors-sue-over-law-criminalizing-teaching-about-abortion

https://www.boisestatepublicradio.org/politics-government/2023-08-09/idaho-abortion-lawsuit-aclu-attorney-general

* No Public Funds for Abortion Act: https://legislature.idaho.gov/wp-content/uploads/statutesrules/idstat/Title18/T18CH87.pdf

* prohibits use of public funds to promote/counsel in favor of abortion

* law that they say punishes teachers with up to 14 years in prison for discussing or teaching about abortion in the classroom

#GOP #neofascism #censorship #education #Idaho #FirstAmendment #abortion

Addendae 1

Idaho’s Teacher of the Year Leaving State Following Right-Wing Harassment

Attacked for discussing world cultures, recognizing existence of United Nations

https://truthout.org/articles/idahos-teacher-of-the-year-winner-leaving-state-following-right-wing-harassment

* 2022 Idaho Teacher of the Year harassed so frequently by right-wing parents, community members she decided to leave Idaho to pursue different career

MAGA Republicans are destroying public schools

https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2023/04/13/ron-desantis-republicans-trying-destroy-public-schools/11640432002

#Idaho #IdahoEducation #CultureWars #GOP #neofascism #censorship #education #FarRight

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Addendae 2

Who picks school curriculum? Idaho law hands more power to parents

New law expanding input from non-educators

https://hechingerreport.org/who-picks-school-curriculum-idaho-law-hands-more-power-to-parents

* dept. chair at Twin Falls High School told 2022 that half of committee he was leading to pick new texts & materials for the district’s English Language Arts classrooms would be parents & community members

* new Idaho law gave him no choice

* includes how subjects like climate change, social movements discussed in some courses

#Idaho #education