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Amber Battishill

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Opinion | Let parents choose what library books their own child reads

by Amber Battishill November 15, 2023May 15, 2025

Efforts to ban certain children’s books may be well meaning, but they infringe on my First Amendment right to choose what my child reads. I want my child to know different perspectives, not be shielded from the world.

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