YANK SUPREME COURT BANS BOOBS!
AMERICA’S Supreme Court has refused to “free the nipple” – effectively banning bare boobs in the Land of the Free.
It has turned down requests to hear an appeal by three women fined by a city in New Hampshire for exposing their breasts in public.
They argued that banning female but not male toplessness violates the U.S. Constitution.
The justices left in place a 2019 ruling by New Hampshire’s top court upholding the women’s convictions for violating a law in the city of Laconia.
The current Supreme Court is widely believed to be slightly inclined to the right, with Donald Trump having appointed two of the nine justices.
The law makes it illegal to show female breasts in public “with less than a fully opaque covering of any part of the nipple”.
The women – Heidi Lilley, Kia Sinclair and Ginger Pierro – were involved in the popular “Free the Nipple” movement, in favour of women being able to go topless in public if they wish.
Pierro was arrested on a beach by Lake Winnipesaukee in May 2016, where she was performing yoga while topless.
Protests
Lilley and Sinclair were both arrested days later while topless on another beach, where they were protesting Pierro’s arrest. The three women were given suspended fines of $100 each, on the condition of subsequent good behaviour. The New Hampshire Supreme Court had ruled that the law did not discriminate against women, noting that it bars nudity of both men and women. The Free The Nipple Campaign has exploded in America, leading to mass topless protests in the streets.