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October 26, 2023
Religious Communities in Ohio Are Fighting To Preserve Reproductive Rights
On November 7th, Ohio voters will decide whether to pass Issue 1, which would protect their decisions on contraception, fertility treatment, miscarriage care, and abortion. The fact that this amendment is even on the ballot is a huge feat. Ohioans had to submit hundreds of thousands of signatures to get...
Religious Communities in Ohio Are Fighting To Preserve Reproductive Rights October 26, 2023
Religious Communities in Ohio Are Fighting To Preserve Reproductive Rights
Religious Communities in Ohio Are Fighting To Preserve Reproductive RightsOn November 7th, Ohio voters will decide whether to pass Issue 1, which would protect their decisions on contraception, fertility treatment, miscarriage care, and abortion. The fact that this amendment is even on the ballot...
June 22, 2023
A Year Without Roe: Your Stories
Nearly one year ago, on June 24, 2022, the Supreme Court released its decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women鈥檚 Health Organization, a case concerning abortion access in the state of Mississippi. Instead of following decades of precedent set by decisions in other cases involving abortion access that had thus far...
A Year Without Roe: Your Stories Nearly one year ago, on June 24, 2022, the Supreme Court released its decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women鈥檚 Health Organization, a case concerning abortion access in the state of Mississippi. Instead of following decades...
February 9, 2023
An Abortion Pill Could Soon Be Banned Nationwide
Since the repeal of Roe v. Wade in June 2022, the fight for reproductive freedom has increasingly centered on medication abortion. The two pill regimen allows pregnant people to safely terminate pregnancies, with medicine alone. Since the FDA approved one of the medications used, mifepristone, in 2000, the method has...
An Abortion Pill Could Soon Be Banned Nationwide February 9, 2023
An Abortion Pill Could Soon Be Banned Nationwide
An Abortion Pill Could Soon Be Banned NationwideSince the repeal of Roe v. Wade in June 2022, the fight for reproductive freedom has increasingly centered on medication abortion. The two pill regimen allows pregnant people to safely terminate pregnancies, with medicine alone....
January 19, 2023
Roe's 50th Year Undid Its Promise
January 22nd marks the 50th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the landmark Supreme Court case that codified the right to an abortion. But this year on January 22nd, we鈥檒l largely remember this anniversary as the one that wasn鈥檛. For 49 years, Roe helped to allow people who could become pregnant...
Roe's 50th Year Undid Its Promise January 22nd marks the 50th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the landmark Supreme Court case that codified the right to an abortion. But this year on January 22nd, we鈥檒l largely remember this anniversary as the...
January 5, 2023
Dahlia Lithwick on the Law's Hidden Heroes: Women
Happy New Year. It's so good to be back with you. Often on At Liberty, we detail what is happening in the field of civil rights and public interest law, from an issue perspective. This week we're doing something a little different. We're highlighting the people behind that work, specifically...
Dahlia Lithwick on the Law's Hidden Heroes: Women January 5, 2023
Dahlia Lithwick on the Law's Hidden Heroes: Women
Dahlia Lithwick on the Law's Hidden Heroes: WomenHappy New Year. It's so good to be back with you. Often on At Liberty, we detail what is happening in the field of civil rights and public interest law, from an issue perspective. This...
December 21, 2022
桃子视频Kids Take the Mic
For this special holiday episode, we handed the reins over to the 桃子视频kids. Together, with their adults, they talk about what we do to fight for civil rights and civil liberties. You鈥檒l hear from our 桃子视频family all across the country and they have some pretty interesting insights to...
桃子视频Kids Take the Mic For this special holiday episode, we handed the reins over to the 桃子视频kids. Together, with their adults, they talk about what we do to fight for civil rights and civil liberties. You鈥檒l hear from...
December 15, 2022
2022 Wins With David Cole
As we near the end of the year, we are bringing you an episode of reflection. A lot has happened in the world, in our country and in our work at the ACLU. While we have weathered devastating losses like the overturn of Roe v. Wade this past summer, there...
2022 Wins With David Cole As we near the end of the year, we are bringing you an episode of reflection. A lot has happened in the world, in our country and in our work at the ACLU. While we...
November 17, 2022
Alok Vaid-Menon on the Fight for Gender Freedom
This week, we are re-airing a conversation we had with Alok Vaid-Menon in early June, before we had the final Dobbs decision. Alok鈥檚 work is always salient but with the recent midterm election results showing an overwhelming affirmation of reproductive access, we believe their call for transformative thinking around gender...
Alok Vaid-Menon on the Fight for Gender Freedom November 17, 2022
Alok Vaid-Menon on the Fight for Gender Freedom
Alok Vaid-Menon on the Fight for Gender FreedomThis week, we are re-airing a conversation we had with Alok Vaid-Menon in early June, before we had the final Dobbs decision. Alok鈥檚 work is always salient but with the recent midterm election results showing...
November 10, 2022
Abortion Rights Won the Midterms, Now What?
This week, voters went to the polls to elect their representatives at every level of government. Most notably for us at the ACLU, the midterms are the first opportunity to get a national sense of where voters are sitting on abortion access since the June overturn of Roe v. Wade....
Abortion Rights Won the Midterms, Now What? November 10, 2022
Abortion Rights Won the Midterms, Now What?
Abortion Rights Won the Midterms, Now What?This week, voters went to the polls to elect their representatives at every level of government. Most notably for us at the ACLU, the midterms are the first opportunity to get a national sense of...
November 3, 2022
What's on Your Midterm Ballot?
The midterm elections are just around the corner. On Tuesday, November 8th, all across the country will vote for our representatives in Congress and in our state government. On the ballot, we have 435 House seats, 35 Senate seats, 27 secretary of state seats, and many more positions to vote...
What's on Your Midterm Ballot? The midterm elections are just around the corner. On Tuesday, November 8th, all across the country will vote for our representatives in Congress and in our state government. On the ballot, we have 435 House...