Press Releases

Dec 13, 2023

Supreme Court Will Decide Another Abortion Case

The case could have serious impacts on access to mifepristone, a drug used in most abortions today.

Issue Areas: Reproductive Freedom

Court case: Danco Laboratories, LLC, v. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine; U.S. FDA v. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine

Dec 12, 2023

ACLU Urges Senate to Abandon Disastrous Anti-Immigrant Proposals in Supplemental Funding Negotiations

The White House is reportedly offering sweeping, draconian measures targeting immigrants to Senator James Lankford, the Republican lead negotiator, as it seeks to move forward on i...

Issue Areas: Immigrants' Rights

Dec 12, 2023

Lawsuit Challenges D.C. Transit Authority for Violating the First Amendment

Complaint alleges that WMATA unlawfully rejected controversial ads

Issue Areas: Free Speech LGBTQ Rights

Dec 12, 2023

Update On Kentucky Abortion Ban Class Action

LOUISVILLE, KY — On Monday, attorneys informed a Kentucky court that after filing a class-action lawsuit challenging the state’s abortion ban last Friday, lead plaintiff Jane D...

Issue Areas: Reproductive Freedom

Court case: Jane Doe, et al. v. Daniel Cameron, et al.

Dec 11, 2023

Ahead of House Vote, ACLU Sounds Alarm on Bill Greatly Expanding the Government’s Mass Warrantless Surveillance Authority

WASHINGTON — The American Civil Liberties Union is strongly urging the House of Representatives to vote for the Protect Liberty and End Warrantless Surveillance Act, the House Ju...

Issue Areas: National Security

Dec 11, 2023

NYCLU Settlement Solidifies Protections for Immigrant Children Trapped in Prolonged Detention

NEW YORK, NY – Today, a federal judge approved a settlement agreement in LVM v. the Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR), the New York Civil Liberties Union’s 2018 class action...

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