Press Releases

Jun 27, 2016

Supreme Court Issues a Victory for Women in Texas Abortion Case

NEW YORK — The Supreme Court issued a decisive ruling today in what has been described as the most important abortion case in decades. The 5-3 ruling strikes down two abortion r...

Issue Areas: Reproductive Freedom

Court case: Whole Woman's Health v. Hellerstedt

Jun 24, 2016

ACLU Sues Federal Government for Granting Millions of Dollars to Religious Groups That Deny Young Women Access to Medical Care

Groups like the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops have been awarded upwards of $10 million to care for unaccompanied immigrant minors despite their explicit refusal to allow them access contraception and abortion

Jun 23, 2016

Court Orders School Board to Let Transgender Student Gavin Grimm Use Same Restrooms as Other Boys

RICHMOND, Va. — A federal district court in Virginia today ordered the Gloucester County School Board to let Gavin Grimm use the same restrooms as other boys at his school. The A...

Issue Areas: LGBTQ Rights

Jun 23, 2016

ACLU Comment on Supreme Court Immigration Ruling

WASHINGTON – In a 4-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court today deadlocked in the case of United States v. Texas. It left in place a lower court order preventing the president from sh...

Issue Areas: Immigrants' Rights

Jun 23, 2016

ACLU Comment on Supreme Court Fisher Ruling

WASHINGTON — In a 4-3 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court today upheld the race-conscious admissions program at the University of Texas at Austin. The ruling means the school will b...

Issue Areas: Racial Justice

Court case: Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin

Jun 23, 2016

ACLU of Pennsylvania Sues City of Philadelphia Over Free Speech Restrictions During DNC

PHILADELPHIA — The American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania filed a federal lawsuit against Philadelphia today against on behalf of the Poor People’s Economic Human Right...

Issue Areas: Free Speech

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