From the Los Angeles Times:

Jackie Sims’ 10th-grade son was asked to read “The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks” during the summer. “I consider the book pornographic,” she tells WBIR-TV. Her son was given an alternate text to read after her objections.

Now, Sims wants the book removed from Knox County Schools entirely.

“I just feel that strongly about it being out of the hands of our children,” she says. There are about 59,000 students in the school system, which includes about 90 schools.

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“Just in time for banned books week,” Skloot tweeted. “A parent in TN confuses gynecology with pornography & tries to ban my book.”