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131 Women's Rights Cases
Jun 2012
![Henderson Independent School District, TX OCR Complaint](https://www.aclu.org/wp-content/themes/aclu-wp/img/fallback-case-gavel.png)
Henderson Independent School District, TX OCR Complaint
The ACLU and the ACLU of Texas filed a complaint with the U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights on behalf of a high school student who was sent to a disciplinary program after she reported being sexual assaulted by another student.
Status: Closed (Judgment)
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![Henderson Independent School District, TX OCR Complaint](https://www.aclu.org/wp-content/themes/aclu-wp/img/fallback-case-gavel.png)
Women's Rights
Henderson Independent School District, TX OCR Complaint
The ACLU and the ACLU of Texas filed a complaint with the U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights on behalf of a high school student who was sent to a disciplinary program after she reported being sexual assaulted by another student.
Jun 2012
Status: Closed (Judgment)
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Michigan
Apr 2012
![Body Cavity Searches at Michigan’s Women’s Huron Valley Correctional Facility](https://www.aclu.org/wp-content/themes/aclu-wp/img/fallback-case-gavel.png)
Body Cavity Searches at Michigan’s Women’s Huron Valley Correctional Facility
Status: Closed (Judgment)
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![Body Cavity Searches at Michigan’s Women’s Huron Valley Correctional Facility](https://www.aclu.org/wp-content/themes/aclu-wp/img/fallback-case-gavel.png)
Michigan
Women's Rights
Prisoners' Rights
Body Cavity Searches at Michigan’s Women’s Huron Valley Correctional Facility
Apr 2012
Status: Closed (Judgment)
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Maryland
Mar 2012
![Coleman v. Maryland Court of Appeals](https://www.aclu.org/wp-content/themes/aclu-wp/img/fallback-case-gavel.png)
Coleman v. Maryland Court of Appeals
Whether states can be sued under the "self-care" provision of the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) for failing to provide employees with twelve weeks unpaid leave to deal with their own medical needs.
Status: Closed (Judgment)
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![Coleman v. Maryland Court of Appeals](https://www.aclu.org/wp-content/themes/aclu-wp/img/fallback-case-gavel.png)
Maryland
Women's Rights
Coleman v. Maryland Court of Appeals
Whether states can be sued under the "self-care" provision of the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) for failing to provide employees with twelve weeks unpaid leave to deal with their own medical needs.
Mar 2012
Status: Closed (Judgment)
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Mar 2012
![Hicks v. Edsitty-Beach](https://www.aclu.org/wp-content/themes/aclu-wp/img/fallback-case-gavel.png)
Hicks v. Edsitty-Beach
The American Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU of New Mexico have filed a lawsuit on behalf of Shantelle Hicks, 15, who was initially kicked out of middle school and then publicly humiliated at an assembly by the school director and another staff member because she was pregnant.
Status: Ongoing
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![Hicks v. Edsitty-Beach](https://www.aclu.org/wp-content/themes/aclu-wp/img/fallback-case-gavel.png)
Women's Rights
Hicks v. Edsitty-Beach
The American Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU of New Mexico have filed a lawsuit on behalf of Shantelle Hicks, 15, who was initially kicked out of middle school and then publicly humiliated at an assembly by the school director and another staff member because she was pregnant.
Mar 2012
Status: Ongoing
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Feb 2012
![Alabama Open Records Act Requests](https://www.aclu.org/wp-content/themes/aclu-wp/img/fallback-case-gavel.png)
Alabama Open Records Act Requests
The American Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU of Alabama asked several Alabama school districts to make public any and all documents relating to sex segregation policies in public schools from the past two years. The request was made under the Alabama Open Records Act.
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![Alabama Open Records Act Requests](https://www.aclu.org/wp-content/themes/aclu-wp/img/fallback-case-gavel.png)
Women's Rights
Smart Justice
Alabama Open Records Act Requests
The American Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU of Alabama asked several Alabama school districts to make public any and all documents relating to sex segregation policies in public schools from the past two years. The request was made under the Alabama Open Records Act.
Feb 2012
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