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Photos of books with yellow and black caution tape over them.
Courtesy of the Sioux City Public Library
The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals is the latest battleground in the ongoing debate over an Iowa law that bans books with sexual content from school libraries and restricts lessons that relate to gender identity and sexual orientation.

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