Press Releases
about Reproductive Freedom
Nov 12, 2024
Kentucky Woman Files Class-Action Lawsuit Against Two Abortion Bans
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A Kentucky woman who is pregnant and seeking an abortion filed a lawsuit today in Jefferson County Circuit Court seeking to strike down two abortion bans under ...
Issue Areas:
Reproductive Freedom
Court case: Mary Poe v. Russell Coleman, et al.
Nov 06, 2024
ACLU Statement on Arizona Abortion Access Amendment Passage and Implementation
PHOENIX — Arizonans passed Proposition 139 yesterday, which will establish a fundamental right to abortion in the state constitution and provide a path to challenge Arizona’s d...
Issue Areas:
Reproductive Freedom
Oct 22, 2024
ACLU Brief in Emergency Abortion Case Sounds Alarm on Dangerous Fetal Rights Argument
WASHINGTON — The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and ACLU of Idaho filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit today in Idaho and Moyle, et a...
Issue Areas:
Reproductive Freedom
Court case: Idaho and Moyle, et al. v. United States
Oct 14, 2024
U.S. Supreme Declines to Hear Appeal from Guam Supreme Court Ruling in Abortion Case
HAGÅTÑA, Guam — The U.S. Supreme Court today rejected Guam Attorney General Douglas Moylan’s request to overturn the Guam Supreme Court’s decision, in a case brought by the...
Issue Areas:
Reproductive Freedom
Oct 08, 2024
At Supreme Court, Tennessee Seeks to Expand Reach of Dobbs to Ban Health Care for Transgender Youth
WASHINGTON – In their brief defending the state’s ban on gender-affirming medical care for transgender youth, Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti has asked the Supreme...
Court case: L.W. v. Skrmetti/U.S. v. Skrmetti
Oct 07, 2024
Georgia Supreme Court Reinstates Six-Week Abortion Ban
ATLANTA — The Supreme Court of Georgia issued a ruling today staying a trial court decision striking down H.B. 481, a ban on abortion after approximately six weeks of pregnancy â...
Issue Areas:
Reproductive Freedom
Court case: SisterSong v. State of Georgia
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