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May 23, 2014

Abortion is Safe. Let's Keep it Safe.

Read the article at The Daily Beast.

Today, abortion is...

By By Cecile Richards, President, Planned Parenthood Federation of America & Louise Melling, Director, Center of Liberty; Deputy Legal Director, ACLU

Read the article at The Daily Beast.

Today, abortion is...

By By Cecile Richards, President, Planned Parenthood Federation of America & Louise Melling, Director, Center of Liberty; Deputy Legal Director, ACLU

May 22, 2014

The Freedom to Marry Breaking Out All Over!

Marriage in Oregon and Pennsylvania. Respect for existing marriages in Utah. Plus a new marriage lawsuit in Montana. From coast to coast, and several places in between, the ACLU has been propelling the...

By By James Esseks, Director, ACLU Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender & AIDS Project

May 22, 2014

Coast to Coast, Federal Courts Say NO to Mandatory Lock-up of Immigrants

The tide is turning against U.S. Immigration and Custom Enforcement (ICE)'s policy of picking up our community members and locking them away without a hearing.

Coast to coast, federal courts are...

By By Eunice Lee, Detention Attorney, ACLU, Immigrants' Rights Project

The tide is turning against U.S. Immigration and Custom Enforcement (ICE)'s policy of picking up our community members and locking them away without a hearing.

Coast to coast, federal courts are...

By By Eunice Lee, Detention Attorney, ACLU, Immigrants' Rights Project

May 21, 2014

The Other LGBT Victory This Week - This Time In Idaho

With the flurry of court decisions striking down marriage bans for same-sex couples around the country, you might've missed the story coming out of Pocatello, Idaho, but it's a biggie.

Voters- in a...

By By Leo Morales, Interim Executive Director, ACLU of Idaho

With the flurry of court decisions striking down marriage bans for same-sex couples around the country, you might've missed the story coming out of Pocatello, Idaho, but it's a biggie.

Voters- in a...

By By Leo Morales, Interim Executive Director, ACLU of Idaho

May 21, 2014

And Pennsylvania Makes Nineteen!

Yesterday a federal judge in Pennsylvania ruled for the freedom to marry, and today the state's governor, Tom Corbett, announced that he won't appeal the judge's ruling.

That means that Pennsylvania...

By By James Esseks, Director, ACLU Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender & AIDS Project

Yesterday a federal judge in Pennsylvania ruled for the freedom to marry, and today the state's governor, Tom Corbett, announced that he won't appeal the judge's ruling.

That means that Pennsylvania...

By By James Esseks, Director, ACLU Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender & AIDS Project

May 21, 2014

A Partial Victory For Judicial Transparency

In a partial victory for the public’s right to access and scrutinize court proceedings, a federal judge recently made public most of two...

By By Bennett Stein, ACLU Speech, Privacy, and Technology Project

In a partial victory for the public’s right to access and scrutinize court proceedings, a federal judge recently made public most of two...

By By Bennett Stein, ACLU Speech, Privacy, and Technology Project