Hanover book bans portend a dangerous trend

Hanover book bans portend a dangerous trend

A collection of banned books. (Photo courtesy Kennedy Library)According to a new report by a state commission on banned books in Virginia schools, Hanover County Public Schools removed the book “Medical Discoveries: Medical Breakthroughs and the People Who Developed Them” from libraries sometime between July 2020 and March 2025.    Censored, too, was a book entitled “Sexual health information for teens: health tips about sexual development,” des…

Commentary: Hanover book bans portend a dangerous trend

According to a new report by a state commission on banned books in Virginia schools, Hanover County Public Schools removed the book “Medical Discoveries: Medical Breakthroughs and the People Who Developed Them” from libraries sometime between July 2020 and March 2025. Censored, too, was a book entitled “Sexual health information for teens: health tips about sexual development,” described by its publisher as “basic consumer health information for…