Amicus Brief of the National Women's Health Network and Other Organizations
11/23/2009 | Free Speech
Holder v. Humanitarian Law Project - Amicus Brief of the Carter Center et al.
11/19/2009 | Children's Rights, Criminal Justice, Women's Rights
“An Environment Which Fosters the Health, Self-Respect and Dignity of the Child”
11/2/2009 | Free Speech, Women's Rights
Court Upholds Right Of Scientists And Patients To Challenge Gene Patents
10/20/2009 | Abortion, Criminal Justice
Court Rules that Sheriff Joe Arpaio Can No Longer Block Prisoners' Access To Abortion Care
10/15/2009 | Free Speech
Judiciary Committee Reviews Predatory Marketing Law Following Constitutional Challenge
10/7/2009 | Free Speech, The Public Square
Supreme Court Hears ACLU Case Involving Latin Cross War Memorial In Mojave Desert
11/19/2009 | Children's Rights, Criminal Justice, Women's Rights
“An Environment Which Fosters the Health, Self-Respect and Dignity of the Child”
11/9/2009 | Censorship, Organization News and Highlights, The Public Square
Supreme Court Briefing 2009–10 Term
10/22/2009 | Free Speech, Women's Rights
Breast Cancer, Patenting Human Genes, and Your Civil Liberties
11/23/2009 | Free Speech
Holder v. Humanitarian Law Project - Amicus Brief of the Carter Center et al.
11/18/2009 | Free Speech
ACLU Letter to the Senate Judiciary Committee Supporting S. 448, The Free Flow of Information Act
11/4/2009 | Women's Rights
Photos from the Ron Jackson State Juvenile Correctional Complex (Brownwood Texas)
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The ACLU and the Public Patent Foundation (PUBPAT) are bringing a landmark case on behalf of researchers, pathologists, breast cancer and women’s health groups, and individual women affected by the patents on two genes associated with breast and ovarian cancer. It's wrong for companies to own the rights to pieces of the human genome.
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Breast Cancer and Patenting Human Genes
Screening of the award-winning PBS documentary, “In the Family” followed by a panel discussion surrounding the ACLU’s lawsuit challenging patents on genes ...

