Press Releases
Jun 04, 2015
Congress Introduces Bill to Protect Pregnant Women in the Workplace
WASHINGTON – A bipartisan group of lawmakers today introduced the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act, a bill that would require employers to make reasonable job modifications that all...
Issue Areas:
Women's Rights
Jun 04, 2015
Arizona Health Care Providers Challenge Law Forcing Them to Lie to Patients
New law forces doctors to tell patients medication abortions can be reversed Medical experts oppose the law, calling it “bad medicine"
Issue Areas:
Reproductive Freedom
Jun 02, 2015
Detainees Reopen Baltimore Jail Lawsuit Over Dangers to Health and Safety
Poor Medical and Mental Health Care and Disintegrating, Filthy Infrastructure Put Detainees at Risk
Issue Areas:
Prisoners' Rights
Court case: Duvall v. Hogan
Jun 01, 2015
ACLU Comment on Supreme Court Ruling in Religious Discrimination Case Against Abercrombie & Fitch
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Supreme Court today decided Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Abercrombie & Fitch Stores, holding that religion cannot be a “motivating facto...
Issue Areas:
Religious Liberty
Jun 01, 2015
Supreme Court Declines to Hear Challenge to Arizona Immigration Bail Ruling
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Supreme Court today announced it would not hear a challenge to an appeals court ruling striking down Arizona's Proposition 100, which denied bail to people ...
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
May 29, 2015
ACLU To Deliver 60,000 Signatures to Sen. Tillis Today Calling for End to Section 215 the Patriot Act
RALEIGH – The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of North Carolina will deliver tens of thousands of signatures today to the Raleigh office of U.S. Senator Thom Tillis calling...
Issue Areas:
National Security
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