Press Releases
May 31, 2017
ACLU Statement on Leaked Trump Plan to Restrict Access to Contraceptive Coverage
NEW YORK — The Trump administration is reportedly planning to issue regulations that would allow any employer to claim a religious exemption that enables it to deny any employee ...
Issue Areas:
Reproductive Freedom
Religious Liberty
May 04, 2017
ACLU Promises Litigation on Today’s Trump Executive Order
NEW YORK — President Donald Trump today signed an executive order that would allow religious organizations to endorse political candidates and expand participation in politics. T...
Issue Areas:
Religious Liberty
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...
Apr 20, 2016
ACLU Responds to Final Supplemental Briefing in Zubik v. Burwell Supreme Court Case
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court today received supplemental reply briefs in Zubik v. Burwell, a case brought by religiously affiliated nonprofit organizations that object on relig...
Issue Areas:
Reproductive Freedom
Mar 23, 2016
Supreme Court to Hear Case Brought by Employers Trying to Block Employees’ Birth Control Coverage
Zubik v. Burwell Raises Question Whether The Opt-Out for Employers Who Object to Contraceptive Coverage Violates Employer’s Religious Exercise
Issue Areas:
Reproductive Freedom
Nov 06, 2015
Supreme Court Accepts Challenges to Affordable Care Act’s Contraceptive Coverage Requirement
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court announced today that it will hear cases brought by employers who object for religious reasons to providing contraception coverage for their em...
Issue Areas:
Reproductive Freedom
Court case: Zubik v. Burwell
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News & CommentaryApr 2026
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News & CommentaryApr 2026
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Families share how Trump’s birthright citizenship executive order upended their hopes, and forced them to consider early births or leaving the U.S. -
New YorkApr 2026
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Immigrants' Rights
Aclu Et Al. V. U.s. Department Of Health And Human Services Et Al.. Explore Case.ACLU et al. v. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services et al.
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), the National Center for Youth Law (NCYL), and the New York Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit to demand transparency from the Trump administration regarding its treatment of pregnant unaccompanied immigrant youth in federal immigration custody. The lawsuit seeks to enforce the ACLU and NCYL’s February 2025 Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request for records and correspondence from the Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR), which oversees the care and custody of unaccompanied immigrant youth until they are placed with a sponsor, usually a family member in the United States. The release of this information is important to monitor whether the Trump administration is ensuring that these marginalized young people have access to the full range of pregnancy-related care while in government custody, as is required by law. -
Tennessee Supreme CourtApr 2026
Birth Control
Tony Von Carruthers V. State Of Tennessee. Explore Case.Tony Von Carruthers v. State of Tennessee
Tennessee plans to execute Tony Carruthers on May 21 even though they refuse to run a simple fingerprint comparison and DNA testing that could prove what Tony has been arguing for 30 years - that he is innocent of this crime and that Tennessee convicted and sentenced the wrong man to death.