Press Releases

05.20.19

Mark T. Gavin, Sr., is ACLU of Ohio’s New Campaigns Director

COLUMBUS – Mark T. Gavin, Sr., a veteran community organizer, has joined the ACLU of Ohio as Campaigns Director. In this senior-level role, Gavin will lead a new, emerging staff team focused on building people power, and growing and mobilizing the ACLU of Ohio’s grassroots networks, especially working to achieve the ACLU’s criminal justice reform Read more…

General Civil Liberties

05.15.19

ACLU, Planned Parenthood, and Preterm File Lawsuit Challenging Ohio’s Near Total Abortion Ban

Extreme Law Takes Direct Aim at the Right to Abortion Guaranteed by Roe v. Wade

COLUMBUS, Ohio — The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), ACLU of Ohio, and Planned Parenthood filed a lawsuit today challenging a law banning abortion as early as six weeks into pregnancy. Gov. Mike DeWine was the third governor to sign this type of abortion ban into law this year. As of now, a total of Read more…

Reproductive Freedom

05.13.19

ACLU of Ohio to Defend South Euclid in Fight over LGBTQ Non-Discrimination Ordinance

SOUTH EUCLID — The ACLU of Ohio announced today that it will represent the City of South Euclid as it faces a legal challenge from The Lyceum, a Catholic school asserting that the city’s non-discrimination ordinance infringes on its religious liberty. The Lyceum is represented by the Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF). The Lyceum filed its Read more…

LGBT Rights

05.03.19

Federal Court Strikes Down Ohio Gerrymandering in ACLU Ohio Lawsuit

CINCINNATI — A federal court today struck down Ohio’s current congressional map, finding it was derived from unconstitutional partisan gerrymandering. The court ordered a new map be drawn before the 2020 election.The American Civil Liberties Union, ACLU of Ohio, and law firm Covington and Burling successfully challenged the map. At trial in March, the groups Read more…

Voting Rights

04.16.19

Mary Paxton Joins ACLU of Ohio as Director of Development

CLEVELAND – The ACLU of Ohio welcomes Mary A. Paxton as its new Director of Development. She has nearly 20 years of experience working in director-level roles with several Cleveland-based non-profits including New Directions, United Church of Christ, Salvation Army, Villa Angela—St. Joseph High School, E CITY, and the Episcopal Diocese of Ohio. Paxton has Read more…

General Civil Liberties