Religion and Politics

Pregnant at 18. Hailed by Abortion Foes. Punished by Christian School.

The New York Times’s Sheryl Gay Stolberg reports that a student at a private Christian school was banned from walking at her graduation because she was pregnant. Maddi Runkles, a senior at Heritage Academy in Maryland, was also removed from student council. Rick Kempton, chairman of the board of the Association of Christian Schools International, which represents thousands of Christian schools throughout the country, said, “She’s making the right choice. But you don’t want to create a celebration that makes other young ladies feel like, ‘Well, that seems like a pretty good option.’”

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