The ACLU is pushing Congress to outlaw corporal punishment in the United States.
Although the practice has been banned throughout New England, it is currently legal to use physical punishment as a means of disciplining students in 20 states, primarily in the South.
The House Education and Labor Subcommittee on Healthy Families and Communities held a hearing yesterday on the matter.
Linda Pee, a mother from Mississippi, submitted testimony documenting how her daughter was physically disciplined multiple times throughout her school years. During one incident, her child was paddled to the point of bruising by the princip....