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ACLU, Planned Parenthood, and a Florida Family Challenge Misleading Ballot Initiative, Saying Family Communication Cannot be Legislated (08/02/2004)
TALAHASSEE, FL - The American Civil Liberties Union of Florida, Planned Parenthoods throughout the state, and a Florida family filed a legal challenge today to a ballot proposal to amend the state constitution to restrict teens' access to abortion, saying the ballot proposal misleads voters and if passed will harm the most vulnerable teens.

ACLU Warns Legislation Would Put Lives of Young Women at Risk, Urges Defeat of Teen Endangerment Act (07/20/2004)
WASHINGTON - The American Civil Liberties Union today renewed its objections to a controversial piece of legislation that would put the lives of young women at risk and threatens to turn caring adults into criminals. The bill was the subject of a hearing before a House Judiciary panel.

Planned Parenthood and ACLU Hail Appeals Court Decision Striking Down Idaho's Extreme Parental Consent Law (07/16/2004)
SEATTLE - Planned Parenthood and the American Civil Liberties Union today hailed an appeals court decision striking down Idaho's parental consent law because it prevented teens with emergency medical conditions from getting the abortions they need to protect their health.

Closing Arguments in Federal Abortion Ban Trial Heard Today in New York (06/22/2004)
NEW YORK - Underscoring critical flaws in a federal abortion ban, the American Civil Liberties Union today presented closing arguments in National Abortion Federation v. Ashcroft, telling a federal court here that women and their doctors need to be able to make medical decisions free from interference of politicians.

ACLU Says Adults Helping Frightened Teens Should Not Become Outlaws; Proposal Puts Lives of Vulnerable Young Women at Risk (06/03/2004)
WASHINGTON - As the Senate Judiciary Committee convened a hearing on the Teen Endangerment Act, dubbed the "Child Custody Protection Act" by proponents, the American Civil Liberties Union today renewed its objections and urged the defeat of the controversial legislation that would put the lives of vulnerable young women at risk and would turn caring adults into criminals.

Reproductive Rights Groups Hail First Ruling To Permanently Block Federal Abortion Ban (06/01/2004)
SAN FRANCISCO - The National Abortion Federation, the Center for Reproductive Rights, and the American Civil Liberties Union praised today's ruling by a federal court judge in San Francisco striking down the ""Partial Birth Abortion Ban Act of 2003."" Today's decision in Planned Parenthood Federation of America v. Ashcroft was the first to permanently enjoin the sweeping ban, which was challenged in three federal courts late last year.

Food and Drug Administration Puts Politics Before Women's Health; ACLU Says Investigation Warranted (05/12/2004)
WASHINGTON - Reacting to the Food and Drug Administration's decision last week to deny over-the-counter status for the emergency contraceptive known as Plan B, the American Civil Liberties Union joined members of Congress and other national advocacy groups today in calling for an investigation into the approval process.

Food and Drug Administration Bows to Anti-Choice Politics; ACLU Dismayed, Warns Political Move Risks Health of Women (05/07/2004)
WASHINGTON - Reacting to the Food and Drug Administration's decision to deny over-the-counter status for the emergency contraceptive known as Plan B, the American Civil Liberties Union warned of the dangers to the health of women. The approval of Plan B was supported by overwhelming scientific evidence and the near-unanimous recommendation of the FDA's own independent advisory committee of medical experts.

NYCLU Leads Thousands to Sunday's March For Women's Lives (04/23/2004)
NEW YORK - This Sunday, the New York Civil Liberties Union will lead thousands of its members and supporters throughout the state to the March for Women's Lives in Washington, D.C. The march takes place as abortion opponents have pushed through Congress measures that interfere with New York's pro-choice policies and place women's health and lives at risk.

ACLU Marches for Women's Lives, Saying Reproductive Freedom Is a Core Civil Liberty (04/21/2004)
NEW YORK -- In keeping with its long-standing commitment to protecting reproductive freedom, the American Civil Liberties Union will be a leading voice in the March for Women's Lives on April 25th to demand an end to government attacks on women's health and lives. ACLU affiliates from as far away as Idaho, California, Washington, and Nebraska are sending diverse delegations to the nation's capital on Sunday to participate in the largest march for reproductive freedom in history.

President Bush Signs Anti-Choice Measure Into Law; ACLU Decries New Law as Undermining Reproductive Rights (04/01/2004)
WASHINGTON - As President Bush today signed the so-called "Unborn Victims of Violence Act" at an elaborate White House ceremony, the American Civil Liberties Union expressed its dismay, saying that the Act is the latest addition to an ongoing assault on reproductive freedom, and that pregnant women could be protected without adopting the Act's approach of undermining the right to choose abortion.