Press Releases
Mar 21, 2022
On Title 42’s Two-Year Anniversary, Advocates Urge Biden to End Illegal Expulsions
WASHINGTON — On the two-year anniversary of Title 42, groups challenging expulsions of asylum-seeking families urge the Biden administration to end the deadly policy. Earlier thi...
Mar 15, 2022
Transgender Alabamians Tell Federal Appeals Court Lack of Accurate IDs Puts Their Lives at Risk
ATLANTA — A district court has for the first time heard arguments in a case involving accurate gender markers on IDs for transgender people. In 2021, a federal appeals court rule...
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
Court case: Corbitt v. Taylor
Mar 14, 2022
ACLU Files Federal Lawsuit Over Louisiana’s New Gerrymandered District Maps
NEW ORLEANS — The American Civil Liberties Union, ACLU of Louisiana, NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund Inc., (LDF), Cozen O’Connor, Ron Wilson, and John Adock filed a fe...
Mar 11, 2022
Texas Court Blocks State from Investigating Families of Transgender Youth
AUSTIN, Texas — The Travis County District Court issued an injunction today blocking the State of Texas from implementing a new directive that targeted trans youth. The directive...
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
Court case: Doe v. Abbott
Mar 11, 2022
Texas Supreme Court Decision Means Abortion Ban Challenge Will Be Thrown Out
Scores of Texans have been denied abortion care in the state since the U.S. Supreme Court let the law take effect on September 1
Issue Areas:
Reproductive Freedom
Court case: Whole Woman's Health v. Jackson
Mar 11, 2022
ACLU Comment on the Reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act
WASHINGTON — Following passage in the House, the Senate yesterday voted to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) as part of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 202...
Issue Areas:
Women's Rights
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