In the decades since Jane Addams, Crystal Eastman, and Helen Keller worked with other civil libertarians to found the American Civil Liberties Union, the expansion of women’s rights has become a core part of the ACLU’s mission. Women have sought the right to control one’s own body, to have equal educational and economic opportunities, and to fair treatment under the criminal justice system.
Women's Rights
Somai v. City of Bedford
May 23, 2019Rotondo v. J.P. Morgan Chase
August 3, 2017
Maudlin v. Inside Out, Inc.
February 26, 2013
HB 82 - Discrimination Law Exemptions for Religious Employers (2013-2014)
February 26, 2013HB 78 - Post-Viability Abortion Revision (2011-2012)
January 16, 2013SB 72 - Post-Viability Abortion Revision (2011-2012)
January 15, 2013
HB 7 - Post-Viability Abortion Revision (2011-2012)
January 4, 2013SB 383 - Employment Practices Law Revision (2011-2012)
October 29, 2012SB 201 - Family Planning Funding (2011-2012)
August 8, 2012
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