9th Circuit Upholds Idaho Law Protecting Privacy, Dignity of All Students | Idaho [Video]

BOISE – The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit ruled unanimously Thursday to uphold an Idaho law that protects the privacy, safety, and dignity of all K-12 students in public school locker rooms, showers, restrooms, and overnight stays. Idaho Attorney General Raúl Labrador, together with attorneys from Alliance Defending Freedom, asked the 9th Circuit in December to uphold a district court decision affirming the law while the case proceeds.

Last March, Idaho enacted a law protecting children’s privacy by ensuring that sex-specific facilities in K-12 public schools like showers, locker rooms, restrooms, and overnight accommodations remained sex-specific, while also allowing single-user facilities. But activists sued Idaho State Superintendent of Public Instruction Debbie Critchfield and the State Board of Education last July, demanding that K-12 public schools force girls to share private spaces with males and vice-versa.

“Idaho’s law reflects common sense and biological reality, protecting all students’ privacy …