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In Legal First, NJ Supreme Court to Consider Law Denying Aid to Children of Families on Welfare (01/21/2003)
TRENTON -- The American Civil Liberties Union will tomorrow urge the New Jersey Supreme Court to reject a state law that denies welfare benefits to children born into families already receiving welfare.

ACLU Defends NYC School Custodians After Justice Department Dumps Their Discrimination Case (10/23/2002)
NEW YORK-The American Civil Liberties Union today said that it is defending 20 New York City school custodians whose discrimination lawsuit was recently abandoned by the U.S. Department of Justice and who as a result now stand to lose their seniority, their benefits and their jobs.

ACLU Highlights Threats to Title IX on 30th Anniversary Of Landmark Anti-Gender Discrimination Measure (06/27/2002)
WASHINGTON - Saying that gender discrimination still exists in the United States, the American Civil Liberties Union today highlighted a number of threats to the landmark anti-gender discrimination measure -- commonly referred to as Title IX -- that was signed into law by President Richard Nixon 30 years ago.

ACLU Urges Congress to Ensure Full Enforcement of Civil Rights Laws (05/21/2002)
WASHINGTON - Concerned with reports that the Department of Justice may be failing to fully enforce U.S. civil rights laws, the American Civil Liberties Union today urged the Senate Judiciary Committee to use its oversight function to ensure that the Department fully comply with its responsibility to protect Americans from discrimination. 

ACLU and City of Grants Pass, Oregon Reach Interim Settlement Agreement in Girls Softball Suit (05/01/2002)
Grants Pass, OR -- On April 22, 2002, the parties in Bellum v. Grants Pass, successfully mediated a resolution of the Spring/Summer 2002 field scheduling at the Grants Pass Riverside West All Sports Park. The mediation, which took place in Eugene, Oregon, was conducted with the assistance of United States Magistrate Judge Thomas M. Coffin. As well as resolving the plaintiffs' pending motions for a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction affecting the park's spring and summer field scheduling, the parties agreed to promptly explore further mediation of the remaining issues in the case. At the conclusion of the mediation, Judge Coffin complimented the parties for their efforts in achieving this resolution for the 2002 season. Any further questions on this may be directed to the parties' respective legal counsel.

ACLU Seeks 'Level Playing Field' for City Sponsored Girls' Softball League in Oregon (04/04/2002)
GRANTS PASS, OR--Saying that local Recreation Department officials unfairly discriminate against girls' athletics, the American Civil Liberties Union today filed a lawsuit seeking an immediate court order that will give the girls' softball league equal access to playing fields before the new season gets underway. 

On International Women's Day, the ACLU Calls on the United States To Ratify UN Convention on Ending Discrimination Against Women (03/08/2002)
NEW YORK - The American Civil Liberties Union today joins other groups around the world to celebrate International Women's Day. Never before has it been more clear that all women must stand together to oppose the obstacles that they share -- violence in their homes and on their streets, discrimination in their jobs, repressive political, cultural, and religious forces, and infringements on their reproductive choices. 

Pregnancy Discrimination Case Comes Before State Supreme Court (02/11/2002)
HARTFORD-The Women's Rights Project of the American Civil Liberties Union and the Connecticut Civil Liberties Union today filed a friend-of the-court brief in a case that examines the grounds for wrongful dismissal in a private employment setting. The Connecticut Supreme Court today will hear arguments on whether protections against pregnancy discrimination should be extended to employees of small companies with fewer than three employees. 

Virginia Military Institute Pregnancy Policy Discriminates Against Women, ACLU Warns (12/07/2001)
RICHMOND, VA--In a letter sent today to the Virginia Military Institute Board of Visitors, the American Civil Liberties Union of Virginia advised against adoption of a policy requiring pregnant women, or men who cause a pregnancy, to leave the school.

Settlement Reached in Case of Oregon Domestic Abuse Victim Who Faced Eviction; Important Precedent Set for Battered Women Nationwide (11/05/2001)
PORTLAND, OR--In a victory for victims of domestic violence everywhere, a property management company has agreed to end housing discrimination against battered women.