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ACLU Urges Lawmakers to Oppose Deceptively Named Bill Aimed To Erode Reproductive Freedom (07/15/2003)
WASHINGTON - The American Civil Liberties Union today urged federal lawmakers to oppose the so-called ""Unborn Victims of Violence Act,"" which is set for consideration in the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution this morning, saying that attacks on pregnant women can be deterred just as effectively without adopting the bill's approach of separating the fetus from the woman in the eyes of the law.

NYCLU Sues New York School Officials for Forcing Teen-Age Girls to Undergo Intrusive Medical Exams (07/08/2003)
NEW YORK-- The New York Civil Liberties Union today filed a federal lawsuit against school officials for illegally suspending a group of girls for going to a ""hooky party"" and then refusing to let them return to school until they underwent intrusive and highly private medical examinations and turned over the test results.

ACLU Urges Lawmakers to Oppose "Unborn Victims of Violence Act,"Calls Bill Deceptive Attempt To Erode Reproductive Freedom (07/08/2003)
WASHINGTON - The American Civil Liberties Union today urged federal lawmakers to oppose the so-called ""Unborn Victims of Violence Act,"" which is set for consideration in House subcommittee this morning, saying that attacks on pregnant women can be deterred just as effectively without adopting the bill's approach of separating the fetus from the woman in the eyes of the law.

ACLU, Center for Reproductive Rights, and Florida NOW Fight Efforts to Interfere With Care of Severely Disabled Rape Victim (06/17/2003)
ORLANDO, FL - The state of Florida should stop interfering with a woman's ability to make choices concerning the course of her pregnancy and medical care, said the American Civil Liberties Union, the Center for Reproductive Rights, and Florida NOW, which filed a friend-of-the-court brief today in a case involving a severely disabled pregnant woman.

ACLU and Center for Reproductive Rights Admonish State of Florida for Failing to Protect the Health and Rights of a Rape Victim (05/14/2003)
ORLANDO, FL - By failing to ask the court to appoint a guardian for a severely disabled woman who is pregnant as a result of rape, the state of Florida once again abdicated its responsibilities today, placing politics over women's health and well-being, said the American Civil Liberties Union and the Center for Reproductive Rights, which filed a brief in the case.

ACLU and Center for Reproductive Rights Ask Court to Protect the Health and Rights of a Florida Rape Victim (05/13/2003)
ORLANDO, FL - The American Civil Liberties Union and the Center for Reproductive Rights asked a state trial court today to block the state from appointing a guardian for the fetus of a severely disabled woman who is pregnant as a result of rape.

In a Victory for Privacy, Florida Court Strikes Tell-All Adoption Law (04/23/2003)
WEST PALM BEACH, FL - Finding the Sexual History Newspaper Notice provision of Florida's adoption law a wholesale violation of a woman's right to privacy, a state appeals court today struck down the law.

ACLU Releases Guide To Protecting Teens' Confidentiality Under Federal Medical Privacy Regulations (03/25/2003)
NEW YORK- The American Civil Liberties Union's Reproductive Freedom Project today issued a new guide aimed at helping health care professionals understand and protect the privacy rights of minors under new federal medical privacy regulations.

ACLU Asks Florida Court to Strike Tell-All-Adoption Law (02/20/2003)
WEST PALM BEACH, FL - Denouncing the Sexual History Newspaper Notice provision of Florida's adoption law as an egregious violation of privacy, the American Civil Liberties Union today asked the state's District Court of Appeal to strike the requirement.

In Legal First, NJ Supreme Court to Consider Law Denying Aid to Children of Families on Welfare (01/21/2003)
TRENTON -- The American Civil Liberties Union will tomorrow urge the New Jersey Supreme Court to reject a state law that denies welfare benefits to children born into families already receiving welfare.

Louise Melling Named New Director of ACLU Reproductive Freedom Project (11/08/2002)
NEW YORK -- The American Civil Liberties Union today announced the appointment of Louise Melling as Director of its Reproductive Freedom Project. Melling, currently the Associate Director of the Project, will assume the position on January 2, 2003.

Appeals Court Upholds Order Barring Anti-Choice Trespassers From Private Property Surrounding Nassau County Reproductive Health Care Clinic (11/04/2002)
NEW YORK- A state appeals court today upheld an order permanently barring anti-choice protestors from trespassing on private property that housed a Long Island abortion clinic in a case brought by the New York Civil Liberties Union.

ACLU Asks Florida Court to Strike Tell-All Adoption Law (10/30/2002)
WEST PALM BEACH, FL - Denouncing the Sexual History Newspaper Requirement provision of Florida's adoption law as an egregious violation of privacy, the American Civil Liberties Union today filed a friend-of-the-court brief urging the state's District Court of Appeal to strike the requirement.

ACLU Asks Iowa Supreme Court to Protect Confidentiality of Patients' Medical Records (09/30/2002)

ACLU Criticizes Bush Administration for Providing Prenatal Care Through Anti-Choice Measure in New Health Insurance Regulation (09/27/2002)
WASHINGTON - The American Civil Liberties Union today criticized a federal regulation set for publication in the Federal Register on October 2 that extends children's health insurance to fetuses as an unnecessary attack on reproductive freedom.

ACLU Asks Iowa Supreme Court to Block Disclosure Of Patient Records at Planned Parenthood Clinic (08/13/2002)

Religious, Women's Health, Rights Organizations Declare Opposition to SCHIP Extension to Fetuses (05/07/2002)
WASHINGTON -- A wide range of religious and women's health and rights organizations has expressed strong opposition to the Department of Health and Human Services' proposal to extend health insurance to embryos and fetuses instead of pregnant women. 

ACLU Says Proposed Federal Regulation Undermines Reproductive Freedom (03/05/2002)
WASHINGTON -- Saying that it threatens to undermine reproductive freedom, the American Civil Liberties Union today denounced a new proposed federal health care regulation that elevates the status of the fetus under federal law and urged the Administration instead to support federal financing of prenatal care for all low-income women.

ACLU Warns VMI that New Pregnancy Policy Could Violate Law (07/03/2001)
RICHMOND, VA - The American Civil Liberties Union of Virginia and the ACLU's Women's Right's Project today sent a letter to the Virginia Military Institute's Board of Visitors asking the school to rethink a proposed policy that makes pregnancy grounds for dismissal from the academy. The letter also warns VMI that implementation of a such a policy may result in legal action and/ or withdrawal of federal funds. 

ACLU Files Pregnancy Discrimination Lawsuit Against Suburban New York Police Department (06/07/2001)
NEW YORK--Acting on behalf of three female officers who were forced off the job because they were pregnant, the New York Civil Liberties Union today filed a federal pregnancy discrimination lawsuit against the Suffolk County Police Department of Long Island.