Press Releases
Feb 16, 2023
Abortion Remains Banned in Kentucky
Kentucky’s Supreme Court Allows Ban to Remain in Effect
Issue Areas:
Reproductive Freedom
Feb 15, 2023
ACLU Responds to Minnesota Supreme Court Ruling Against Restoring Voting Rights to Minnesotans
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. – The Minnesota Supreme Court ruled today that our Constitution doesn’t automatically provide Minnesotans on felony probation with the right to vote upon rel...
Issue Areas:
Voting Rights
Court case: Schroeder v. Minnesota Secretary of State
Feb 13, 2023
South Dakota Bans Gender-Affirming Medical Care for Transgender Youth
SIOUX FALLS - Ignoring the warnings of families, advocates, health care providers, and transgender South Dakotans themselves, South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem signed a law banning...
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
Feb 13, 2023
Advocates Promise Legal Action In Defense of Transgender Youth in Tennessee
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU of Tennessee, and Lambda Legal are promising the transgender youth of Tennessee they will bring immediate legal ac...
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
Feb 07, 2023
ACLU Statement on Biden’s State of the Union
WASHINGTON – The American Civil Liberties Union released the following statement from ACLU National Political Director Deirdre Schifeling, responding to President Joe Biden’s S...
Feb 06, 2023
ACLU Challenge to Kansas Death Penalty Begins Today
WICHITA, Kan. — An unprecedented constitutional challenge to the death penalty in Kansas begins today in the Sedgwick County District Court.
Attorneys for Kyle Young will argue t...
Issue Areas:
Capital Punishment
Court case: Kansas v. Kyle Young
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