Judge blocks parts of Iowa ban on books, discussions of LGBTQ+ issues in schools

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

57% : District Judge Stephen Locher blocked two parts of the law, Senate File 496 -- one focused on books and the depiction or description of sexual activity being removed in Iowa public school libraries, and another focused on forbidding "programs, promotion and instruction" to sixth graders or below "relating to 'gender identity' and 'sexual orientation'" by teachers and school districts.
55% : Locher, however, did not block a part of the law in which school districts would have to notify parents if their child asks to use different pronouns than those in school registration records "or otherwise seeks an accommodation relating to gender identity."

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