Throughout September, the ACLU of Ohio placed three billboard advertisements throughout Lima endorsing House Bill 315, Ohio’s proactive bail reform bill.

The Hamilton County Court of Common Pleas granted a temporary restraining order (TRO) today against Senate Bill 23 (S.B. 23), a law banning abortion starting at approximately six weeks of pregnancy. Abortions up to 22 weeks LMP are now – again – legal in Ohio, effective immediately.

The ACLU of Ohio urges a “no” vote on State Issue 1, an unnecessary, politically motivated attempt to enshrine cash bail into the Ohio Constitution.

The ACLU of Ohio sent a letter to the Buckeye Valley Board of Education on behalf of children’s book author Jason Tharp, who was denied the opportunity to read his book, It’s Okay to be a Unicorn!, to students at Buckeye Valley West Elementary.

Research unveiled from the 2021-2022 school year, showing how school police administer racially disparate discipline in Cincinnati Public Schools, perpetuating harm and reinforcing the school-to-prison pipeline.

Reproductive rights groups filed a lawsuit in the Ohio Supreme Court seeking to block the state’s six-week ban on abortion and to restore and further protect Ohioans’ reproductive rights secured by the Ohio Constitution.

Ten Ohio-based organizations collectively submitted public comment to the Ohio Criminal Sentencing Commission urging changes to plans for the creation and implementation of a long-awaited felony sentencing database.