Aug 16, 2023
ACLU Comment on Fifth Circuit Decision in Medication Abortion Case
NEW ORLEANS — The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals issued a ruling today in Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine v. FDA, a case in which the plaintiffs are seeking to take mifepriston...
Issue Areas: Reproductive Freedom
Aug 11, 2023
ACLU and Planned Parenthood Vow Appeal After Court Rules Against Single-Subject Challenge
LINCOLN, Neb. – A state court decision issued today means Nebraska’s new restrictions on gender-related care for transgender youth and abortion access will remain law for now. ...
Aug 08, 2023
Idaho Educators File Lawsuit Challenging State Law Censoring Professors’ Speech on Abortion
The law violates educators’ First Amendment right to academic speech by criminalizing teaching and scholarship on pro-abortion viewpoints at Idaho’s public universities.
Aug 08, 2023
Midwives and Doctors File Lawsuit Challenging Alabama’s De Facto Ban on Birth Centers
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — A group of midwives and doctors filed a lawsuit in state court today challenging ongoing actions by the Alabama Department of Public Health (ADPH), which have ...
Issue Areas: Reproductive Freedom
Aug 01, 2023
Federal Court Allows Medically Unnecessary Abortion Restriction in Guam to Take Effect Again
HAGÅTÑA, Guam — The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals issued a ruling today that will allow the Guam government to enforce a medically unnecessary and irrational abortion restrict...
Issue Areas: Reproductive Freedom
Aug 01, 2023
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