Press Releases
Oct 24, 2023
Georgia Supreme Court Allows Six-Week Abortion Ban to Remain in Effect as Legal Challenge Continues
ATLANTA — The Georgia Supreme Court issued a ruling today that allows H.B. 481, a ban on abortion after approximately six weeks of pregnancy, to remain in effect. The court’s m...
Issue Areas:
Reproductive Freedom
Court case: SisterSong v. State of Georgia
Oct 23, 2023
New Poll Finds Majority of U.S. Voters Support Protections for Noncitizen Military Service Members
WASHINGTON – A new poll released today by the American Civil Liberties Union reveals overwhelming bipartisan support for protecting noncitizen military service members from depor...
Oct 20, 2023
Statement on Oklahoma Attorney General’s Lawsuit Regarding St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual School
OKLAHOMA CITY — Americans United for Separation of Church and State, the American Civil Liberties Union, Education Law Center and Freedom From Religion Foundation – the organiz...
Issue Areas:
Religious Liberty
Oct 18, 2023
ACLU-MN RESPONDS TO JUDGE’S RULING THAT WOULD RESTRICT VOTING RIGHTS
A Mille Lacs County district judge recently ruled that the state’s Restore the Vote law is unconstitutional. The law was passed by the Legislature and signed into law by the gove...
Oct 18, 2023
United Nations Human Rights Body Holds United States Accountable For Violations of Civil and Political Rights Treaty
GENEVA — For the first time in nine years, the United Nations Human Rights Committee this week reviewed U.S. compliance with the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rig...
Issue Areas:
Human Rights
Oct 16, 2023
ACLU Announces Major Settlement in Family Separation Lawsuit
NEW YORK — A major settlement was announced today by the American Civil Liberties Union involving its years-long lawsuit on behalf of thousands of traumatized children and parent...
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
Court case: Ms. L v. ICE
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