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Advocates Throughout the Country Urge States to Ensure Access to Emergency Contraception for Rape Victims (01/19/2006)
NEW YORK – Sexual assault groups, legislative officials, medical groups, women’s health advocates, and civil liberties groups throughout the country today launched statewide campaigns urging governors and other state officials to adopt protocols for treating sexual assault survivors that ensure access to emergency contraception (EC).

Supreme Court Ruling in Ayotte v. Planned Parenthood Recognizes Protections for Women's Health and Safety (01/18/2006)
WASHINGTON - The American Civil Liberties Union and Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA) welcomed today's decision by the U.S. Supreme Court in Ayotte v. Planned Parenthood of Northern New England, et al, which unanimously recognized its precedent that abortion laws must protect women's health and safety.

ACLU and NYCLU Applaud Court Decision Promoting Women’s Health and Ending Gender Discrimination in Insurance Coverage (01/12/2006)
ALBANY - The American Civil Liberties Union and the New York Civil Liberties Union today praised a decision by a New York court of appeals upholding a state law requiring insurance companies to include contraceptive coverage in their drug benefit packages.

ACLU and Broad Coalition Criticize Government’s Refusal to Release Documents on Lack of Pregnancy Prevention Information in National Sexual Assault Protocol (12/20/2005)
WASHINGTON – The American Civil Liberties Union today, along with a broad coalition of sexual assault groups, religious leaders, and women’s health advocates, criticized the U.S. Department of Justice’s refusal to release records pertaining to the department’s failure to include any reference to emergency contraception in the first-ever national protocol for treating sexual assault victims.

Planned Parenthood and ACLU Ask Supreme Court to Protect Women's Health in First Abortion Case Before the Roberts Court (11/30/2005)
“If the Court accepts the government’s arguments in this case, it will give a green light to states to pass abortion restrictions that will harm women’s health in medical emergencies,” said Jennifer Dalven, deputy director of the ACLU’s Reproductive Freedom Project, and the attorney who argued before the Court today. “We are hopeful that the Court will recognize the importance of protecting women’s health and access to safe, legal abortion and rule in our favor.”

Civil Rights Groups in New Mexico Denounce High School Contest Soliciting Anti-Gay, Anti-Choice Student Essays (11/22/2005)
FARMINGTON, NM – The American Civil Liberties Union and other civil rights groups are protesting an essay contest at Farmington's Piedra Vista High School that asked students to explain why preserving marriage between men and women is vital society and why unborn children merit respect and protection.

ACLU Asks Appeals Court To Uphold Ruling Blocking Anti-Choice License Plate in TN (11/02/2005)
CINCINNATI - The American Civil Liberties Union today asked the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals to uphold a lower court ruling blocking an anti-abortion specialty license plate in Tennessee, saying that the plate discriminates against opposing viewpoints.

ACLU Applauds Supreme Court Decision Allowing Access to Reproductive Healthcare Services for MO Prison Inmate (10/17/2005)
WASHINGTON - The American Civil Liberties Union today applauded a decision by the U.S. Supreme Court allowing access to reproductive healthcare for a prison inmate in Missouri. The inmate is seeking access to abortion services.

ACLU and National Abortion Federation Ask Appeals Court to Uphold Ruling Striking Down Federal Abortion Ban (10/06/2005)
NEW YORK - The National Abortion Federation, represented by the American Civil Liberties Union, today asked the Second Circuit Court of Appeals to uphold a lower court ruling striking down the Federal Abortion Ban, saying the ban fails to protect women's health.

ACLU Announces Nationwide Action Aimed at Combating Dangerous Abstinence-Only-Until-Marriage Curricula in the States (09/21/2005)
NEW YORK - The American Civil Liberties Union today launched Not In My State, a nationwide action aimed at combating dangerous abstinence-only-until-marriage curricula. In a coordinated effort, ACLU affiliates across the country are sending letters to local officials calling for careful scrutiny of health and life-skills curricula.