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Woman booted from American Airlines flight for ‘offensive’ pro-choice T-shirt
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| Last Edited | Craverguy May 23, 2012 01:57pm |
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| Author | David Ferguson |
| News Date | Wednesday, May 23, 2012 06:25:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | A woman traveling home from an abortion rights seminar was detained and forced off an American Airlines flight Tuesday because the captain and crew found her T-shirt “offensive,” according to the blog Reproductive Health Reality Check. The woman, who asked not to be named, was wearing a T-shirt with a slogan made famous by Oklahoma state senator Judy McIntyre (D), who marched earlier this year to protest Oklahoma’s “fetal personhood” law, carrying a sign that read, “If I wanted the government in my womb, I’d **** a senator.”
The woman, who detailed her experience in an email to RHRC blogger Jodi Jacobson, said she was sleeping for most of her first flight with a shawl covering her shirt. “Right before we were set to land the flight attendant from first class approaches me and asks if I had a connecting flight? We were running a bit behind schedule, so I figured I was being asked this to be sure I would make my connecting flight. She then proceeded to tell me that I needed to speak with the captain before disembarking the plane and that the shirt I was wearing was offensive.”
Upon deplaning, the woman, who Jacobson calls “O.”, was taken aside by the captain and ordered to change her shirt, a delay that caused her to miss her connecting flight. “I assumed that because I was held up by the captain, they would have called ahead to let the connecting flight know I was in route. Well, upon my hastened arrival at the gate of the connecting flight, it was discovered that they did indeed call ahead but not to hold the flight, only to tell them I needed to change my shirt. I was given a seat on the next flight and told to change shirts.” |
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