Two pregnant students in a small Michigan town probably wouldn't need a yearbook photo to remember such a significant moment in their lives. But administrators at White Cloud High School aren't giving junior Deonna Harris and senior Kimberly Haney that chance. The two girls were not allowed to use yearbook pictures that show their pregnant bellies, according to WOOD TV 8, and they believe they are being discriminated against by school officials. Harris told WOOD TV 8 that she was pulled out of class on Tuesday by a yearbook staff member, who relayed a message from the yearbook teacher: Harris would have to re-take her photo, because she was visibly pregnant in her current portrait, which shows Harris and a few friends in a truck outside school. "It's not like I was holding my belly. I wasn't promoting it in any way. It's just a full body picture," Harris told the local news station. Continue reading...
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