‘Boobies’ cancer bracelet row set for top court showdown

The court battle between two girls and their Pennsylvania school over “I (heart) Boobies!” bracelets could be settled by the US Supreme Court.

The Easton Area School District board voted 7-1 this week to appeal a federal appeals court’s decision that rejected its claim the bracelets are lewd and should be banned from school.

The case started in 2010 when two girls, then aged 12 and 13, challenged the school’s ban on the bracelets designed to promote breast cancer awareness among young people. The students, Brianna Hawk and Kayla Martinez, said they merely hoped to promote awareness of the disease at their school. They filed a lawsuit when they were suspended for defying the ban on their school’s Breast Cancer Awareness Day. In August, the 3rd US Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a lower court’s decision in favour of the girls, saying the district didn’t prove the bracelets disruptive.