Press Releases
Jan 12, 2017
First-Ever National Report on How Solitary Confinement Harms People With Physical Disabilities
Wheelchairs, Braille Materials, Hearing Aids, and Other Vital Devices Are Often Denied in Solitary
Issue Areas:
Disability Rights
Prisoners' Rights
Jan 10, 2017
ACLU Testimony From Sessions’ Confirmation Hearing
WASHINGTON — American Civil Liberties Union National Legal Director David Cole will testify tomorrow at Sen. Jeff Sessions’ confirmation hearing for attorney general. The full ...
Jan 10, 2017
Lifelong Civil Rights Activist Andrea Young Takes the Helm of the ACLU of Georgia
ATLANTA – Lifelong civil rights activist and Georgia native Andrea Young is the new executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Georgia, taking the helm of the st...
Jan 09, 2017
ACLU Challenges Kentucky’s New Abortion Ultrasound Law
Law Requires Doctors to Display and Narrate Ultrasound Images Over Patients’ Objections
Issue Areas:
Reproductive Freedom
Jan 09, 2017
ACLU Acts to Block Court Order That Permits Discrimination Against Women, Transgender People Seeking Health Care
FORT WORTH, Texas — The American Civil Liberties Union today filed a motion to stay a nationwide court order preventing the federal government from enforcing an Affordable Care A...
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
Religious Liberty
Court case: Franciscan Alliance v. Burwell
Jan 07, 2017
ACLU Legal Director to Testify at Sessions’ Confirmation Hearing
WASHINGTON — The American Civil Liberties Union announced today that its new national legal director, David Cole, will testify at Sen. Jeff Sessions’ confirmation hearing for a...
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