The Free the Nippleactivists lost in court

New Hampshire Supreme court enforces the judgment against the three women who were arrested in 2016 to have gone topless on a beach in New Hampshire, united STATES.

It was decided, with a small majority, that the city of Laconias law does not discriminate against either gender or women's freedom of expression. It writes the New Hampshire Public Radio.

the Law says that women are not allowed to show nipples in public.

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In 2016, three women arrested on a beach in Laconia in New Hampshire to have taken off their tops and show nipples. When the women were asked by someone else on the beach to cover themselves, refused.

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Then were the three women, Heidi Lilley, Kia Sinclair and Ginger Pierro, arrested. After the incident, they chose to sue the city of Laconia as they believe the law violates their rights, and not consistent with the constitution.

The three women are all active in the "Free the Nipple"movement, which is working actively for women's right to go topless in public.

Lost in court

Friday, it was clear that the activists had lost in court, with a small majority in favour against to enforce the aforementioned law. They had appealed the case from a lower court.

We are extremely disappointed in the court's judgment that to treat women differently than men does not constitute sex discrimination. The court has made it criminal to be a woman, said the women's attorney, Dan Hynes, in a press release.

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Laconia-the law of indecent exposure prohibits sex and nudity in public, but assigns women by prohibiting visible female nipples in public.

Hynes says he will talk with the women about their next step in the case, including the possibility of appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court, according to The Guardian.

Different outcomes in the country

This ruling is the last tilbakesteget in the movement, which has had different outcomes in similar events in other parts of the united STATES.

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A judge determined in October 2017 that a public "uanstendighets-law" in Missouri do not conflict with the constitution by allowing men, and not women, to show the nipples. A ban on public nudity in San Francisco in 2013 was also enforced by a federal court.

While in Fort Collins, Colorado, prevented a federal judge in 2013 to implement a law against the right of women to go topless, and argued that it was based on sex discrimination.

Getting support from celebrities

"Free the Nipple"campaign started in 2012, but the first got a lot of attention in 2014 after a documentary with the same name came out, directed by Lina Esco.

Several celebrities support the movement, including Miley Cyrus, Rihanna and Lena Dunham.

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