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Planned Parenthood and ACLU Urge Appeals Court to Strike Down Idaho's Extreme Parental Consent Law (09/12/2003)
SEATTLE -Planned Parenthood and the American Civil Liberties Union today urged a federal appeals court to strike down Idaho's parental consent law, calling it one of the most dangerous and extreme laws of its kind in the nation.

Landmark Survey Finds Majority of California's Schools in Violation of Sex Education Laws (09/03/2003)
SACRAMENTO - The first statewide survey of sex education in California's public schools in almost a decade reveals that 85 percent of schools violate one or more laws governing this subject, in part because many teachers and administrators find state laws governing sex education confusing and inconsistent.. The survey also shows that parents and schools overwhelmingly support sex education.

ACLU and NYCLU Ask Court to Protect Women's Right to Contraceptive Coverage (08/22/2003)
ALBANY -- A law requiring insurance companies to cover contraceptives promotes women's health and equality without violating religious freedom, the American Civil Liberties Union and the New York Civil Liberties Union argued in a friend-of-the-court brief filed today in state supreme court.

ACLU, Center for Reproductive Rights, and Florida NOW Say Appointing a Guardian for a Fetus Threatens the Health and Rights of Pregnant Women in Florida (08/21/2003)
DAYTONA BEACH, FL - Appointing a guardian for a fetus would violate a woman's right not only to decide whether to continue her pregnancy, but also to choose medical care to protect her own health during pregnancy, the American Civil Liberties Union, the Center for Reproductive Rights, and Florida NOW argued before the court of appeal today in a case involving a severely disabled pregnant woman known only by her initials, J.D.S.

ACLU Releases Manual for Improving Access to Emergency Contraception for Sexual Assault Survivors (07/18/2003)
NEW YORK-- The American Civil Liberties Union Reproductive Freedom Project and the Clara Bell Duvall Reproductive Freedom Project of the ACLU of Pennsylvania today released a new manual to help advocates determine whether hospitals in their states provide emergency contraception (EC) to sexual assault survivors and to use this information to increase access to EC.

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.

In A Victory for Privacy Rights, Florida Supreme Court Strikes Down Parental Notification Law (07/10/2003)
TALLAHASSEE, FL - Saying Florida's parental notification law violates a woman's right to privacy, the Florida Supreme Court today struck down a law requiring physicians to notify a parent or legal guardian before performing an abortion on a young woman.

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.

Judge Imposes Birth Control To Prevent Michigan Woman From Having More Children (07/08/2003)
DETROIT - In a blatant attack on personal privacy rights, a Lapeer County judge has ordered a woman to submit to a medically ""verifiable"" method of birth control in an abuse and neglect proceeding regarding her two children, according to the American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan, which filed a friend-of-the-court brief on behalf of the woman.

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.