Nebraska high school denies student’s request to organize a Students for Life Club

School administrators at Gretna High School and the school’s attorneys have received a demand letter from Students for Life of America’s law firm, the Thomas More Society, on behalf of student Bridget Christensen. The letter charges that Gretna High School has unconstitutionally discriminated against Bridget by denying her the right to form a school-sponsored Students for Life Club at Gretna High School.

“Pro-life students have every right to form a club as any other student in high school and cannot be discriminated against for their pro-life views,” said Kristan Hawkins, president of Students for Life of America. “Bridget’s rights were breached when the high school denied her request to form a Students for Life group in order to educate and inform her peers on the tragedy of abortion and to help those facing unplanned, crisis pregnancies.”

Bridget Christensen, a junior at Gretna High School in Gretna, Neb., right outside Omaha, attempted to start a Students for Life club, but she met resistance from school administrators. They told her that the club was too “religious”, which is not only untrue of the Students for Life Club, but also an illegal reason to deny the existence of the group. The school also said the Students for Life Club is “controversial,” also an illegal reason to deny the group.

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