Home : Women's Rights

Sex Discrimination Complaint Against East Providence School District Settled (12/26/2000)
PROVIDENCE, R.I.-- The American Civil Liberties Union of Rhode Island today announced the settlement of a sex discrimination dispute against the East Providence School District for advertising a position at a high school as being for men only.

Women's Rights and Reproductive Health Care Suffers as the Michigan Legislative Session Ends (12/15/2000)
DETROIT--The fight for women's rights and reproductive health care suffered severe setbacks in the recently concluded legislative session, the American Civil Liberties Union and Planned Parenthood said today.

Legal fees from the battle to admit Shannon Faulkner will go to Women's Rights Project (10/04/2000)
NEW YORK--Shearman & Sterling, the law firm that led the court battle to admit women to The Citadel and helped the American Civil Liberties Union to litigate the case, has given the ACLU more than $1 million to continue its legal efforts on behalf of women.

ACLU of Massachusetts Asks Court To Order Release of Pregnant Woman (09/07/2000)
BOSTON, MA - The state cannot take a pregnant woman into custody and order her to submit to a medical examination against her will, the American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts in a friend-of-the-court brief submitted before a court today.

PA Officials Routinely Deny Federally Mandated Aid To Relatives Acting as Foster Parents (08/16/2000)
PHILADELPHIA -- State and county officials are withholding tens of millions of dollars per year in federal benefit payments to grandparents, aunts, uncles, and others caring for the children of troubled relatives, according to a federal class action lawsuit filed today in Philadelphia by the Juvenile Law Center and the American Civil Liberties Union.

Women & AIDS Clinic and ACLU File Suit Alleging Discrimination Against HIV-Positive Woman (06/28/2000)
NEWARK, NJ -- The Women and AIDS Clinic at Rutgers Law School and the American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey today filed a federal lawsuit against New Jersey state officials for discriminating against an HIV positive woman and her newborn child.

ACLU Urges High Court to Void South Carolina Law That Strips Pregnant Women of Their Rights (06/09/2000)
WASHINGTON -- A South Carolina public hospital policy mandating drug testing of pregnant women unfairly singles out poor and minority women and should be struck down, the American Civil Liberties Union urges in a friend-of-the-court brief filed before the U.S. Supreme Court.

High Court Weighs Government Right to Interfere with Parents' Child Rearing Decisions (01/12/2000)
NEW YORK - The Supreme Court today is hearing arguments in a case that will decide whether the government can overrule parents' decisions about how to raise their children, the American Civil Liberties Union said.

ACLU Supports Ohio Mother Prosecuted For Nude Photos of Her Daughter (01/03/2000)
COLUMBUS, OH -- Saying that parents across the state could be arrested for taking innocent photographs of their children, the American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio today filed court papers supporting a mother who is being prosecuted for photos of her eight-year-old daughter.

Settlement of CA Lawsuit Brings Equality, Victory for Girls' and Women's Sports, ACLU Says (10/27/1999)
LOS ANGELES -- The American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California today announced the settlement of a highly publicized lawsuit that exposed the institutional inequities facing girls' sports in Los Angeles and the lack of access that women have to local municipal recreation programs.

ACLU Settles Kentucky Case of Pregnant Teens Denied Entry to Honor Society (10/22/1999)
COVINGTON, KY - A settlement between two teen mothers and the school district that denied them membership in the National Honor Society will pay the women $999 plus attorney's fees, the Associated Press reported today.