Moms Talk: Do Breast Cancer Awareness Campaigns Miss the Mark?

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Last week, a federal judge stopped a school in Pennsylvania from suspending two students from school for wearing breast cancer awareness fundraising bracelets, upholding their First Amendment rights.

The two girls at Easton Area Middle School had gotten in trouble for wearing the bracelets, which said "I (heart) Boobies! (Keep A Breast)."

Are these fundraising campaigns popular in West Bloomfield? Were the students potentially harming themselves or others by wearing the bracelets? Do the fundraising campaigns, which apparently aim to bring a fresh, irreverent approach to breast cancer awareness screenings, go too far in their approach?