Police Are Using Newborn Genetic Screening to Search for Suspects, Threatening Privacy and Public Health

States must craft policies to rein in unbridled police access to newborn blood samples.

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Here’s What You Need to Know About the House Passage of the Respect for Marriage Act

While the bipartisan support for the bill is important, in practice, the bill is quite limited.

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New Records Detail DHS Purchase and Use of Vast Quantities of Cell Phone Location Data

Thousands of previously unreleased records illustrate how government agencies sidestep our Fourth Amendment rights.

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Home Care Workers Protect the Civil Liberties of People with Disabilities. They Need Protection, Too

The safety and dignity of home health aides is inextricably linked with the safety and dignity of those they care for.

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Victims of Discrimination Have No Path to Justice Following Supreme Court Decision

The egregious decision leaves little recourse for those who endure discrimination on the basis of race, sex, and disability.

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Three Ways We're Fighting for Disability Rights in Courtrooms Across the Country

For Disability Pride Month, we’re spotlighting a few of our recent battles and wins for disability rights across the country.

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Two Generations of Reproductive Rights Advocates on Life After Roe

ACLU Deputy Legal Director Louise Melling and Staff Attorney Chelsea Tejada discuss the Supreme Court’s ruling overturning the federal constitutional right to abortion.

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Your Abortions. Your Voices. Your Stories. | American Civil Liberties Union

People who have had abortions share how abortion access changed their lives for the better.

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A Radical Supreme Court Term in Review

A look back at wins and losses for civil rights and civil liberties during this transformative term.

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