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Learn about what's happening across the most pressing civil liberties issues of our time, and what you can do.
Spotlight
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On June 24, 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a shameful ruling overturning Roe v. Wade, the nearly 50-year-old landmark decision recognizing the federal constitutional right to abortion. This decision is an unprecedented attack on women’s rights and reproductive freedom, and the effects will be immediate and far reaching.
Regardless of this horrendous decision, abortion is still our right. We all deserve the power to control our bodies, lives, and futures. Abortion is also health care. Getting access should not depend on where we live, how much money we make, or who we are. Abortion access is but one of a wide array of rights at stake — the same politicians banning abortion are also attacking our right to vote, access birth control, marry who we love, and hold police officers accountable.
Help us fight against this injustice by pledging your support, donating, taking to the streets, and sending a message to politicians at the ballot box: Abortion is a right, and you can’t ignore us.
News and Commentary
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Biden Must Reverse Plans to Revive Deadly Trump-era Asylum Bans
Biden Must Reverse Plans to Revive Deadly Trump-era Asylum BansThe administration’s proposed tweaks to Trump’s bans are mere window-dressing on policies that will still inflict needless suffering.
![A man seeking asylum in the United States wears a shirt that reads, "BIDEN PLEASE LET US IN!," as he stands among tents that line an entrance to the border crossing in Tijuana, Mexico.](https://webcf.waybackmachine.org/web/20230130203348im_/https://www.aclu.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/BIDEN_ASYLUM-Blog-400x400.jpg)
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Trans Students Should Be Treated With Dignity, Not Outed by Their Schools
Trans Students Should Be Treated With Dignity, Not Outed by Their SchoolsChildren and adults have a constitutional right not to have intimate facts about their lives disclosed without their consent.
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How the ACLU Tracks Anti-LGBTQ Bills, and How We’re Fighting Back
How the ACLU Tracks Anti-LGBTQ Bills, and How We’re Fighting BackKeep tabs on state legislative attacks against LGBTQ people with the ACLU's nationwide tracking system.
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