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Women's Rights:
The ACLU's Women's Rights Project was co-founded in 1972 by Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Through litigation, community outreach, advocacy and public education, WRP empowers poor women, women of color and immigrant women who have been victimized by gender bias and face pervasive barriers to equality. Learn more about the WRP.



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Womens Rights : Fact Sheets

"Safe Surrender" or "Infant Abandonment" Legislation (01/22/2003)

Overview of Lesbian and Gay Parenting, Adoption and Foster Care (04/06/1999)

Coercive and Punitive Governmental Responses to Women's Conduct During Pregnancy (09/30/1997)
Arresting the Pregnancy Police

Child Exclusion Policies in Welfare Reform (04/01/1997)
Promoting Reproductive Freedom for Low-Income Women

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