Press Releases
about Women's Rights
Sep 02, 2020
ACLU of Texas Urges School Districts to Remove Discriminatory Dress Code Requirements
HOUSTON – The ACLU of Texas today sent a letter to hundreds of school districts throughout Texas demanding that they reexamine dress and grooming code policies that are unconstit...
Issue Areas:
Women's Rights
Aug 27, 2020
Newly Uncovered Documents Reveal Brown University Plan to Dismantle Title IX Agreement
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — A series of internal emails and documents made public today reveal an intentional plan by Brown University officials to undermine and ultimately destroy a long...
Issue Areas:
Women's Rights
Jun 19, 2020
ACLU of Georgia Supports HB 1114 to Restore Maternal Health Fund and Postpartum Medicaid Extension
ATLANTA – The ACLU of Georgia supports HB 1114 to restore the maternal health fund and postpartum Medicaid extension, which passed the House 162-1.
At least 70 counties have no ...
Issue Areas:
Racial Justice
Women's Rights
Jan 14, 2020
ACLU Statement on Congress’ First Step to Pass the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act
WASHINGTON — The House Committee on Education and Labor advanced, by a vote of 29-17, bipartisan legislation today that will protect the health and economic security of pregnant ...
Issue Areas:
Women's Rights
Dec 10, 2019
ACLU Sues Frontier Airlines for Discrimination Against Pregnant and Breastfeeding Employees
DENVER — The American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU of Colorado, Holwell Shuster & Goldberg LLP, and Towards Justice filed two companion lawsuits today against Frontier Air...
Issue Areas:
Women's Rights
Court case: Freyer v. Frontier and Hodgkins v. Frontier
Nov 12, 2019
ACLU, Michigan Workers File Class Action Lawsuit Against McDonald’s for Sexual Harassment
DETROIT — The American Civil Liberties Union and Michigan McDonald’s workers filed a class action lawsuit Tuesday seeking to force the company to address a “systemic problemâ...
Issue Areas:
Women's Rights
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