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NYCLU Study Finds Lack of Standards Impedes Access to Women’s Health Care in New York Jails; Prompts State Action (03/04/2008)
NEW YORK--Women incarcerated in New York State are legally entitled to reproductive health care, but few county jails have policies ensuring access to such care, according to a report released today by the Reproductive Rights Project of the New York Civil Liberties Union.

Community Groups Set Deadline for St. Vincent Response (02/29/2008)
In a letter sent to the St. Vincent Hospital Board of Directors on Wednesday, a coalition of community groups called on board members to tell the public by March 4th whether the hospital will share details of its proposed partnership agreement with Catholic-run CHRISTUS Health and how that partnership would affect the provision of family planning, reproductive health services, and end-of-life care at the hospital.

ACLU Asks Appeals Court to Protect Teens’ Access to Reproductive Health Care (02/06/2007)
DENVER - The American Civil Liberties Union today asked the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit to protect teens’ access to confidential reproductive health care. In a friend-of-the-court brief filed with the court, the ACLU said an opinion issued by the former Attorney General of Kansas intimidates teens from seeking medical care, and puts their health and safety at risk.

ACLU Says Rhode Island Department of Education Failed to Adequately Review Harmful Abstinence-Only-Until-Marriage Curriculum (12/18/2006)
PROVIDENCE, RI - The American Civil Liberties Union of Rhode Island today said the state Department of Education had failed to adequately review a harmful abstinence-only-until-marriage curriculum developed by Heritage of Rhode Island before letting it back into the schools. In a five-page letter submitted to the department today, the ACLU urged officials to reconsider the decision, saying that the curriculum raises serious medical accuracy and discrimination concerns.

ACLU Files Free Speech Lawsuit Against Rhode Island College for Censoring Reproductive Rights Signs (12/04/2006)
PROVIDENCE, RI - The American Civil Liberties Union of Rhode Island today filed a federal lawsuit against Rhode Island College (RIC) for censoring signs posted by students in support of reproductive freedom. The lawsuit charges that the college's restrictive sign policy, which was adopted after the student signs were removed, violates the First Amendment.

Protecting Minors' Health Information Under The Federal Medical Privacy Regulations (03/14/2003)

ACLU of Tennessee v. Bredesen Petition for a Writ of Certiorari (05/01/2006)
ACLU of Tennessee v. Bredesen Petition for a Writ of Certiorari

Motion Of Plaintiffs-Appellees For Stay of Mandate Pending Filing of Petition For Certiorari (04/07/2006)

Ward v. State of Texas - Amicus Brief (03/30/2006)
This case is the result of a prosecutor's decision to put a novel, sweeping, and impermissible construction on a statute. Looking to Senate Bill ("S.B.") 319, which amended the definition of "individual" in the Penal Code, the Potter County District Attorney maintains that Texas Health & Safety Code § 481.122, the statute prohibiting the delivery of a controlled substance to children, applies to the conduct of pregnant women towards their fetuses. But neither the statute nor the legislative history contains any hint of such an intention. The prosecution of the Appellants here violates the United States and Texas Constitutions in at least three fundamental ways.

ACLU of Massachusetts v. Secretary of U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (05/16/2005)
Defendants have provided more than one million dollars of public funds to an organization called the "Silver Ring Thing" (or "SRT"). The Silver Ring Thing is a ministry that uses abstinence education as a means to bring "unchurched" students to Jesus Christ. Federal dollars support the Silver Ring Thing's religious activities and religious content. Both because the federal funding of the Silver Ring Thing constitutes a direct government grant to a pervasively sectarian institution and because the federal dollars are demonstrably underwriting religious activities and religious content, the funding violates the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment to the United States Constitution.

Letter Addressing Settlement Violations in ACLU of Louisiana v. Foster (11/15/2004)

Emergency Contraception Education Act Coalition Letter (09/07/2007)

Emergency Contraception Education Act Coalition Letter (09/07/2007)

ACLU Global Gag Rule Letter (09/06/2007)

ACLU Letter to Members of Congress Expressing Concerns With H.R. 6099 (12/05/2006)

Coalition Letter to House and Senate Leaders Urging Review of Abstinence-Only-Until-Marriage Programs (01/28/2005)
Coalition letter urging Democratic and Republican leaders in the House and Senate to support a hearing to fully review federally funded abstinence-only-until-marriage programs

We Stand on Moral Ground (04/25/2005)

Keep on Marching: What You Can Do To Protect Reproductive Freedom (09/09/2004)

Righting Centuries of Reproductive Wrongs at the MARCH FOR WOMEN'S LIVES (04/22/2004)

The March for Women's Lives Celebrity Coalition includes: (04/16/2004)

The Fight for Reproductive Freedom Made Me a Civil Libertarian (04/16/2004)

Coercive and Punitive Governmental Responses to Women's Conduct During Pregnancy (09/30/1997)
Arresting the Pregnancy Police

Child Exclusion Policies in Welfare Reform (04/01/1997)
Promoting Reproductive Freedom for Low-Income Women