Press Releases
Dec 03, 2015
ACLU–Yale Report Finds Ebola Quarantines Medically Unjustified and Unconstitutional
Report Recommends Policies to Ensure Future State Responses to Diseases Are Based Only on Science, Not Politics
Nov 24, 2015
ACLU and Maine Health Care Providers File Lawsuit to Restore Abortion Coverage for Poor Women
Denying Abortion Coverage Through MaineCare Violates Maine Constitution
Issue Areas:
Reproductive Freedom
Court case: Mabel Wadsworth Women’s Health Center v. Mayhew
Nov 23, 2015
Federal Appeals Court Strikes Down Abortion Restrictions in Wisconsin
Decision Comes as the Supreme Court Grants Review of Similar Texas Law
Issue Areas:
Reproductive Freedom
Court case: Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin v. Schimel
Nov 20, 2015
Rowan County Couples Point to Governor’s Admission He Lacks Authority To Declare Altered Licenses Valid
NEW YORK – Couples from Rowan County, Kentucky today filed a brief in U.S. District Court supporting their prior assertion that the Rowan County clerk’s office failed to comply...
Nov 19, 2015
ACLU Comment on House Refugee Resettlement Vote
WASHINGTON — The American Civil Liberties Union denounces the U.S. House passage of the "American Security Against Foreign Enemies Act of 2015." The vote was 289-137.
Karin Joha...
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
National Security
Nov 19, 2015
School Discipline Settlement Underscores Harm to City Students and Importance of Reform
NEW YORK — The New York Civil Liberties Union, the American Civil Liberties Union and the law firm of Dorsey & Whitney LLP today agreed to a settlement in a lawsuit on behalf...
Issue Areas:
Racial Justice
Court case: B.H. v. City of New York
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