In Red Texas, ‘Right to Life’ Evolves Into Legal Cry Over Masks

Parents in a conservative corner of Texas are turning one of Governor Greg Abbott’s “pro-life” mantras on its head, arguing in a federal lawsuit that his school mask policy is threatening the lives of their children.

By following Abbott’s order to keep masks voluntary, the parents say, the Allen Independent School District is violating their kids’ constitutional “right to life” by exposing them to the deadly and highly contagious coronavirus.

They’re suing the school district and board to make them require masks, and seeking to represent all 21,000 or so of its students -- roughly a third of whom ...