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A federal appeals court rejected a pro-life student's claim that an Indiana school district violated her First Amendment rights when it suspended the freshman's Students for Life club and vetoed flyers with slogans like "Defund Planned Parenthood."
In its ruling last Thursday, the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a previous decision from a lower court that sided with Noblesville High School leaders. The student in question, known as E.D. in the complaint, sued the district, claiming that her club's suspension and rejection of her flyers were driven by "hostility" to her views.
The school claimed to have a policy requiring wall postings for student clubs to be content-neutral, and that it had asked E.D. to revise the flyers to comply with the rules. This rule applies