Boy Threatened by School Officials over Anti-Abortion Shirts
By Alexander J. Sheffrin Christian Post Reporter Wed, June. 04 2008 01:48 PM ET A Christian legal group is suing a middle school in Hutchinson, Minn., in federal court over the right of a 12-year-old boy to wear pro-life T-shirts in school. The boy, referenced in the lawsuit only as “K. B.,” was reportedly and repeatedly harassed, ostracized, publicly ridiculed, and threatened with disciplinary action by school officials because he wore t-shirts produced by the American Life League as part of their anti-abortion awareness campaign. The t-shirts displayed images of unborn babies accompanied with such messages as, "Abortion: Growing, Growing, Gone,” "What part of abortion don't you understand?" and "Never Known – Not Forgotten" alongside “47,000,000 babies aborted 1973-2008" printed on the back. Richard Thompson, president and chief counsel of the Thomas More Law Center (TMLC), said that the case was a clear issue ...