In Red Texas, Parents Sue for School Masks on ‘Right-to-Life’ Grounds
- Parents adopt conservative anti-abortion claim to protect kids
- Parents sue Allen school district to impose mask mandate
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Parents in a conservative corner of Texas are turning one of Governor Greg Abbott’s “pro-life” mantras on its head, arguing in a federal lawsuit that his school mask policy is threatening the lives of their children.
By following Abbott’s order to keep masks voluntary, the parents say, the Allen Independent School District is violating their kids’ constitutional “right to life” by exposing them to the deadly and highly contagious coronavirus.