The largest publisher in America and several bestselling authors joined Iowa’s teachers union in challenging the state’s new education law that bans books depicting sexual activity in schools.
The Iowa State Education Association, Penguin Random House and four authors — Laurie Halse Anderson; John Green; Malinda Lo; and Jodi Picoult — filed the federal lawsuit Thursday. The plaintiffs also include an Iowa parent and several teachers, who say they have been forced to remove books from their libraries and classrooms in response to the law.
