Press Releases
Jan 17, 2018
ACLU Comment on Introduction of “Conscience Protections” For Health Care Workers
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is expected to release a new proposed rule through the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Civil Rights that would allow healt...
Issue Areas:
Reproductive Freedom
Oct 06, 2017
ACLU Filing Lawsuit Challenging Trump Administration Contraceptive Coverage Rule
NEW YORK — The American Civil Liberties Union is filing a lawsuit today against the Trump Administration challenging interim final rules issued by the Department of Health and Hu...
Issue Areas:
Reproductive Freedom
Oct 25, 2016
ACLU Files Complaint Against Catholic Health System For Denying Care to Pregnant Woman With Brain Tumor
CHICAGO — The American Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU of Michigan today filed a government complaint against a Catholic health care provider that refused medically necessary ...
Issue Areas:
Reproductive Freedom
Sep 08, 2016
ACLU Comment on Dismissal of Tamesha Means’s Case
Woman Denied Medical Care at Hospital Because of Religious Directives
Issue Areas:
Reproductive Freedom
Jun 17, 2016
Federal Appeals Court Hears Tamesha Means’s Case, Woman Denied Emergency Medical Care Because Of Hospital’s Religious Directives
CINCINNATI — A federal appeals court will today hear a case brought by the American Civil Liberties Union on behalf of Tamesha Means, a pregnant woman who was denied emergency me...
Issue Areas:
Reproductive Freedom
May 18, 2016
House Introduces Bill to Modify RFRA to Prevent Discrimination and Harm
WASHINGTON — With support from the American Civil Liberties Union, Reps. Joe Kennedy (D-Mass.) and Bobby Scott (D-Va.) today introduced the Do No Harm Act in Congress to ensure t...
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News & CommentaryMar 2026
Religion and Reproductive Rights
Trump Is Attacking A Crucial Fair Housing Rule That Protects Against Discrimination. Explore News & Commentary.Trump is Attacking a Crucial Fair Housing Rule that Protects Against Discrimination
The disparate impact rule is a long-held housing protection for survivors of domestic violence, women of color and other marginalized groups. The Department of Housing and Urban Development has announced plans to end the policy. -
News & CommentaryMar 2026
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A Sunday At An Idaho Racetrack Ended In A Mass Immigration Raid. Hundreds Faced Cruel Detention Practices.. Explore News & Commentary.A Sunday at an Idaho Racetrack Ended in a Mass Immigration Raid. Hundreds Faced Cruel Detention Practices.
More than 200 federal, state, and local law enforcement launched an unlawful and discriminatory immigration raid in Wilder, Idaho. -
News & CommentaryMar 2026
Religion and Reproductive Rights
Trump’s Firing Of Noem Signals Need For New Vision On Immigration. Explore News & Commentary.Trump’s Firing of Noem Signals Need for New Vision on Immigration
With the Department of Homeland Security losing Kristi Noem as secretary and facing a funding crisis, lawmakers have a unique opportunity to advance a new path forward for immigration. -
KentuckyMar 2026
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United States V. Adams. Explore Case.United States v. Adams
The Trump administration's Department of Justice has taken Kentucky to court in an attempt to obtain sensitive, non-public information from the state's voter registration database — including Social Security numbers, driver's license numbers, dates of birth, and home addresses. This lawsuit is one of nearly three dozen similar actions filed against states across the country, and reporting suggests the underlying goal is to construct an unauthorized federal voter database and use error-prone data-matching tools to target registered voters — including naturalized citizens — for potential removal from the rolls.