Press Releases
Jan 09, 2017
ACLU Challenges Kentucky’s New Abortion Ultrasound Law
Law Requires Doctors to Display and Narrate Ultrasound Images Over Patients’ Objections
Issue Areas:
Reproductive Freedom
Dec 13, 2016
ACLU Challenges Florida Law Requiring Registration Before Counseling Women on Abortions
Criminal Law Requires Trusted Advisers to Provide State-mandated Information and Notify a Minor’s Parents
Issue Areas:
Reproductive Freedom
Court case: Fulwider v. Senior
Nov 30, 2016
Reproductive Rights Groups Challenge Abortion Restrictions in Three States
ACLU, Planned Parenthood, and the Center Fight Unconstitutional Measures in Alaska, Missouri, and North Carolina
Issue Areas:
Reproductive Freedom
Jun 27, 2016
Supreme Court Issues a Victory for Women in Texas Abortion Case
NEW YORK — The Supreme Court issued a decisive ruling today in what has been described as the most important abortion case in decades. The 5-3 ruling strikes down two abortion r...
Issue Areas:
Reproductive Freedom
Court case: Whole Woman's Health v. Hellerstedt
Jun 22, 2016
Court Affirms Public Hospitals Must Comply with Reproductive Privacy Act
SEATTLE — Public hospitals in Washington that provide maternity services must also provide abortions, according to a Skagit Valley Superior Court decision released yesterday.
The...
Issue Areas:
Reproductive Freedom
Jun 03, 2016
ACLU Sues Alabama Over Abortion Restrictions That Would Severely Limit Access Statewide
State’s Newest Abortion Laws Would Shutter Clinics, Ban Medically Proven Procedures and Harm Women
Issue Areas:
Reproductive Freedom
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Court CaseJul 2026
State Abortion Legislation
Jackson-edney V. Labrador. Explore Case.Jackson-Edney v. Labrador
Six transgender residents of Idaho filed a lawsuit in federal court challenging HB 752, a 2026 state law that criminalizes their use of sex-designated public restrooms consistent with their gender identity. -
News & CommentaryAug 2026
State Abortion Legislation
Criminal Law Reform
We’ve Filed More Than 50 Legal Claims Over Abuse By Federal Immigration Agents. Here's Why.. Explore News & Commentary.We’ve Filed More Than 50 Legal Claims Over Abuse by Federal Immigration Agents. Here's Why.
The claimants detail being unlawfully detained, denied medical care, or targeted simply for speaking out or recording what they saw. Their experiences reveal a dangerous pattern of abuse that threatens the rights and safety of us all. -
VirginiaAug 2026
State Abortion Legislation
National Security
In Re: Application Of The United States Of America For An Order Pursuant To 18 U.s.c. § 2703(d). Explore Case.In Re: Application of The United States Of America for an Order Pursuant To 18 U.S.C. § 2703(d)
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South CarolinaAug 2026
State Abortion Legislation
South Carolina Republican Party V. Bolchoz. Explore Case.South Carolina Republican Party v. Bolchoz
The South Carolina Republican Party has sued state election officials seeking to close South Carolina’s primary elections, excluding independent and unaffiliated voters from participating in what are often the only meaningful elections in their communities. Veterans for All Voters and The Chamberlain Network, two nonpartisan veterans’ organizations, have moved to intervene as defendants to protect their members’ right to vote in the primary of their choice and to ensure the State does not settle the case in a way that extinguishes those rights.