Press Releases
about Reproductive Freedom
Dec 09, 2019
ACLU Comment on Supreme Court Refusal to Hear Challenge to Unethical Kentucky Abortion Law
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court announced today it would not review a decision by the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals upholding Kentucky’s forced narrated ultrasound law against ...
Issue Areas:
Reproductive Freedom
Dec 02, 2019
ACLU Urges Supreme Court to Follow Precedent and Strike Down Medically Unnecessary Abortion Restriction
WASHINGTON — The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) argued that the Supreme Court should protect people’s right to access abortion in an amicus brief filed before the Suprem...
Issue Areas:
Reproductive Freedom
Court case: June Medical Services v. Russo
Nov 13, 2019
Ohio Department of Health Grants License to Last Dayton-Area Abortion Clinic
DAYTON, Ohio — In a win for abortion access in Ohio, the Ohio Department of Health (ODH) has granted a license to Women’s Med Center, the last abortion clinic in the Dayton are...
Issue Areas:
Reproductive Freedom
Nov 06, 2019
Federal Court Strikes Down Trump Administration Rule Allowing Refusals in Health Care
NEW YORK — The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York struck down the Trump administration’s rule that allows health care institutions and providers to deny ...
Issue Areas:
Reproductive Freedom
Oct 29, 2019
Last Abortion Provider in Dayton, Ohio Area Seeks Emergency Court Order to Block Abortion Clinic Regulations
DAYTON, Ohio — The American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU of Ohio, and attorney Jennifer Branch sought an emergency court order today on behalf of Women’s Med Center, the las...
Issue Areas:
Reproductive Freedom
Oct 29, 2019
Alabama Abortion Ban Blocked
The ACLU, the ACLU of Alabama, and Planned Parenthood Federation of America sued over the law.
Issue Areas:
Reproductive Freedom
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