Bathroom / Restroom Rights (The Right to Use the Toilet)
If you or someone you know has a personal story about being denied access to use a restroom / bathroom, and you live in the state of California, please e-mail BathroomRights@BrianPedigo.com.
For a bathroom rights lawyer (attorney), check out the Law Offices of Brian Pedigo
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"In our system, state-operated schools may not be enclaves of totalitarianism. School officials do not possess absolute authority over their students. Students in school as well as out of school are ‘persons' under our Constitution. They are possessed of fundamental rights which the State must respect, just as they themselves must respect their obligations to the State."
Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School Dist., 393 U.S. 503, *511, 89 S.Ct. 733, **739 (U.S.Iowa 1969).“Going to the toilet meets a physiological need which only the individual is in a position to judge. As a fundamental freedom of a human being, the right to go to the toilet cannot be subject to authorization by a third party or conditioned on the employer's finding a replacement. Consequently, employees are at liberty to respond to their needs outside of collective breaks so long as they inform their supervisors. Although workers do not need permission to void, the court held that abuses could be punished.”
Lamouroux v. SA Groupe Bigard, No. 9500433, slip op. at 13, 15 (March 18, 1996). (A labor court ruling in France in 1996).
