Summary
An Indiana high school student and her pro-life student group are challenging local school officials after they derecognized the group after the student sought permission to post flyers with pro-life messages.
Case Timeline
- August 2021: E.D. was initially approved to start Noblesville Students for Life, a chapter of Students for Life of America. At the school’s fall activities fair, more than 30 students expressed interest in her club.
- September 2021: After E.D.’s flyers for the club’s meeting were deemed “political,” the principal derecognized the pro-life club.
- December 2021: On behalf of E.D., Charitable Allies filed a complaint against the school for violating her First and 14th Amendment rights.
- March 2024: The federal district court granted judgment for the school district. Charitable Allies appealed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit.
- April 2024: ADF attorneys entered their appearance in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit to represent E.D. and her student group alongside Charitable Allies.
- June 2024: ADF and Charitable Allies filed their opening brief in the 7th Circuit.
- October 2024: ADF argued the case before the 7th Circuit.
- August 2025: The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit issued its decision affirming the district court’s ruling.
- September 2025: ADF attorneys asked the full 7th Circuit to hear E.D.’s case. That petition was denied.
- January 2026: ADF and Charitable Allies petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court to review the 7th Circuit’s decision.
- June 2026: The U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear E.D.’s case.
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