Kurt Vonnegut Estate Challenging Utah Ban

The estate of late author Kurt Vonnegut isn't pleased that Utah has taken certain books out of school libraries.

According to Publishers Weekly:

"On behalf of the Kurt Vonnegut Estate, authors Elana K. Arnold, Ellen Hopkins, and Amy Reed, and two anonymous high school student plaintiffs with the ACLU of Utah filed a complaint on January 6 to challenge provisions of Utah House Bill 29, known as the “sensitive material review” law.'" (LINK TO FULL ARTICLE)

My understanding of the law was that it's meant to keep sexually explicit material out of schools.

The authors are saying it violates the first and 14th amendments because it looks at the sexual content out of context. They're saying if sexual content is contained in a great book then it shouldn't be banned.

"In a statement, the ACLU said HB 29 has enabled the state “to remove a remarkable range of literature under unconstitutional, overbroad criteria imposed by the state legislature.” The ACLU further noted that “the law impermissibly restricts authors’ right to share information, ideas, and lived experiences through their constitutionally protected works.” (LINK TO FULL ARTICLE)

I don't know if I understand the ACLU argument.

They're saying the law restricts authors' rights to share information, but I don't think it does that. These books have been published and I think Barnes and Noble has the right to sell them in their store or not and I think a library should have that same right. Just because you write a book doesn't mean it is entitled to placement in a library.

What are your thoughts?