Illinois Passes Bill to Allow Unrestricted Access to Sexually Explicit Material in Libraries

By Amber Crawford |

 

An Illinois bill preventing library book bans has passed the Senate and is headed to Gov. J.B. Pritzker (D-IL), who has said he will sign it.

 

While many parents are fighting against sexually explicit books being available to minors in their school libraries, Illinois is set to become the first state to move in the opposite direction and mandate that children be given unrestricted access to grooming material in libraries.

This new bill seeks to protect libraries “against attempts to ban, remove, or otherwise restrict access to books of other materials.”

HB2789 “adopt[s] the American Library Association’s (ALA) Library Bill of Rights that indicated materials should not be proscribed or removed because of partisan or doctrinal disapproval.”

The ALA’s Library Bill of Rights mandates that library materials “should not be excluded because of the origin, background, or views of those contributing to their creation,” or “because of partisan or doctrinal disapproval.”

This Bill of Rights also states that a “person’s right to use a library should not be denied or abridged because of origin, age, background, or views.”

Addressing the issue of allowing minors access to any material they wish, including that which is sexually explicit, the ALA has stated that they support “equal and equitable access to all library resources and services by users of all ages.”…

Illinois Passes Bill to Allow Unrestricted Access to Sexually Explicit Material in Libraries (100percentfedup.com)

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