A Minnesota lawmaker wants to make it legal for women to go topless in public after a resident was sentenced to jail for "indecent exposure" related to uncovered breasts.
"This to me seems really wrong," Minnesota House Rep. Samantha Sencer-Mura told The Star Tribune regarding the conviction. "Particularly now, as we as a society are thinking differently about gender and gender identity, I think this law feels very antiquated."
Plancarte appealed the conviction and claimed it violated her constitutional right to equal protection under the law. She noted that men would not be charged if their chests were exposed in public. The Minnesota Court of Appeals later voted 2-1 to uphold the decision.
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