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Arizona Sheriff's Case: Theater of the Absurd

By Jodi Jacobson, Senior Political Editor

October 21, 2009 - 10:03am

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The case in Arizona of a sheriff who decided to make and take the law into his own hands is yet one more example of the practice of so-called pro-life activists.

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Illinois Hotline Offers Recourse to Teens Facing Parental Notification Laws

By Anna Clark, RH Reality Check

October 1, 2009 - 6:00am

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A hotline set up by the ACLU in Illinois is intended to help teens in need exercise their due process rights to a judicial bypass option in case they need an abortion but do not want to notify their parents. These and other efforts seek to protect the rights of pregnant young women who cannot inform their parents of their pregnancy and abortion, often because of concern for their physical safety or abandonment, or because their parents are inaccessible. In such cases, a young woman seeking an abortion can bring her case to a judge, who in turn can permit the medical procedure without the required notification or consent.

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Restore Reproductive Health Care in Kentucky

Reader diary posted by ACLU

September 14, 2009 - 3:43pm

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After a hospital merger, women in northern Kentucky no longer had access to birth control counseling and services, IUD insertion, infertility procedures, and tubal ligations.


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National and State ACLU File Suit to End Ab-Only Funding in Mississippi

By Jodi Jacobson, Senior Political Editor

September 9, 2009 - 2:31pm

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The American Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU of Mississippi today asked a federal court in Mississippi to end government funding of religion in the state’s abstinence-only-until-marriage program.

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ACLU Files Brief Opposing Forced Hospitalization of Pregnant Women

By Jodi Jacobson, Senior Political Editor

August 3, 2009 - 4:50pm

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The American Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU of Florida today filed a friend-of-the-court brief opposing the state's decision to force a pregnant woman to remain hospitalized against her will.

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9th Circuit Fills Prescription for Religious Refusals at the Pharmacy

Reader diary posted by ACLU

July 15, 2009 - 10:00am

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Last week, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit lifted the injunction (PDF) on the Washington State pharmacy rules that protect a patient's right to access medication without discrimination or delay. This is good news for the millions of women seeking to purchase contraception at pharmacies.


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Anti-Sex League Favors "Purity" Over Women's Health

By Amanda Marcotte, RH Reality Check

January 27, 2009 - 8:00am

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Should anti-trafficking organizations be allowed to receive US funds to serve trafficking victims, while refusing to use that money to provide contraceptive services or information? A new ACLU lawsuit says no.

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Roundup: EEOC Against New HHS Regs; Anti-Choicers Work for Abortion Reduction; ACLU Seeks Policy on Teen RH

By Emily Douglas

November 18, 2008 - 11:54am

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EEOC officials oppose new HHS regulations; anti-choicers move toward common ground; ACLU seeks documents regarding teen health policy; priest asks parishioners to repent for voting for Obama.

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A Fertilized Egg Is Not a Person In Illinois

By Amie Newman, Managing Editor

September 15, 2008 - 5:48pm

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Illinois rules that fertilized eggs are not people. What does this mean for Colorado's ballot measure?

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ACLU: "America's Toughest Sheriff" Not Above the Law

By Amie Newman, Managing Editor

August 7, 2008 - 4:33pm

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A Sheriff in Arizona has gotten away with implementing his own illegal rules for female prisoners, blocking abortion access and engaging in racial profiling. The ACLU has stepped in. Will his "reign of terror" end?

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