Press Releases
Jul 26, 2024
Civil Rights Organizations Request Records Related to Oklahoma Biblical Schooling Mandate
Civil Rights Organizations Request Records Related to Oklahoma Biblical Schooling Mandate
Issue Areas:
Religious Liberty
Jul 26, 2024
Nebraska Supreme Court Upholds State’s 12-Week Abortion Ban and Transgender Care Restrictions
LINCOLN, Neb. – A new decision from the Nebraska Supreme Court means that the state’s 12-week abortion ban and restrictions on young transgender Nebraskans’ medical care will...
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
Reproductive Freedom
Court case: Planned Parenthood of the Heartland v. Hilgers
Jul 25, 2024
ACLU Announces Chase Strangio As Co-Director of LGBTQ & HIV Project
NEW YORK – The American Civil Liberties Union today announced the promotion of attorney Chase Strangio to the role of Co-Director for the LGBTQ & HIV Project. Formerly the De...
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
Religious Liberty
Jul 24, 2024
Court Rejects Attempt to Dismiss Case Seeking Accountability for Wrongful Prosecution of Abortion
McALLEN, Texas – A federal judge ruled today that a lawsuit seeking accountability for the unlawful investigation and prosecution of Lizelle Gonzalez can proceed, rejecting attem...
Court case: Gonzalez v. Ramirez et al.
Jul 24, 2024
ACLU and Students from Across the Country Urge Congress to Vote No on Kids Online Safety Act
The Senate plans to vote on this online censorship bill as soon as Thursday
Issue Areas:
Free Speech
LGBTQ Rights
Jul 23, 2024
Federal Court Strikes Down Restrictions on Voters with Disabilities in Ohio
COLUMBUS, Ohio — A federal court has struck down restrictions in Ohio’s House Bill 458 that made it a crime for all but a handful of family members to assist voters with disabi...
Issue Areas:
Voting Rights
Court case: League of Women Voters of Ohio v. LaRose
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