Press Releases
Apr 25, 2016
Tens of Thousands Call for Repeal of North Carolina Anti-LGBT Law As Legislature Returns
RALEIGH, N.C. — More than 150,000 signatures demanding the repeal of North Carolina’s anti-LGBT House Bill 2 were delivered to the office of Gov. Pat McCrory today by a collect...
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
Court case: Carcaño, et al. v. Cooper, et al
Apr 22, 2016
Court Rules ACLU Lawsuit Against CIA Torture Psychologists Can Proceed
Judge Rejects Psychologists’ Motion to Dismiss Case Filed on Behalf of Three CIA Torture Victims
Apr 21, 2016
Three More Plaintiffs Join Lawsuit Against North Carolina’s Discriminatory Anti-LGBT Law
ACLU and Lambda Legal Add Transgender High School Student and Lesbian Couple to Lawsuit to Fight HB 2
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
Apr 21, 2016
ACLU Vows to Sue Over Alabama Legislation Designed to Close Abortion Clinics
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — After an Alabama House committee passed a bill that would shutter abortion clinics within 2,000 feet of a public school, the American Civil Liberties Union com...
Issue Areas:
Reproductive Freedom
Apr 20, 2016
ACLU Responds to Final Supplemental Briefing in Zubik v. Burwell Supreme Court Case
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court today received supplemental reply briefs in Zubik v. Burwell, a case brought by religiously affiliated nonprofit organizations that object on relig...
Issue Areas:
Reproductive Freedom
Apr 19, 2016
Federal Court of Appeals Rules In Favor of Transgender Student in Virginia Restroom Access Case
RICHMOND, Va. — A federal court of appeals today ruled in favor of transgender male student Gavin Grimm in his challenge to Gloucester High School’s discriminatory restroom pol...
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
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