In a bold break from her own party, conservative New Hampshire Governor Kelly Ayotte vetoed seven Republican-backed bills on Tuesday, including legislation that would have made it easier to ban books in schools and loosen religious exemptions for childhood vaccinations.
One of the most controversial measures, House Bill 324, would have required public schools to implement a complaint system allowing parents to challenge and potentially remove materials deemed "harmful" to minors, the New Hampshire Bulletin reported. Critics, including teachers' unions and civil liberties advocates, warned the bill would open the door to censorship and allow individual parents to dictate content for all students. Ayotte agreed.
