The justices declined Monday to review a state court decision that found no violation of the women's constitutional rights. Heidi Lilley, Kia Sinclair and Ginger Pierro are part of the Free the Nipple campaign, a global effort advocating for the rights of women to go topless. The court decided that Laconia's ordinance does not discriminate on the basis of gender or violate the women's right to free speech. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a ruling blocking a Fort Collins, Colorado, law against women going topless in public. A court allowed a San Francisco public nudity ban to remain on the books in 2013.

Source: Daily Sun January 13, 2020 22:52 UTC