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10.22.19
Justice Advocates Discover Rates of Youth Sent to Adult Court in Cuyahoga County Have Nearly Doubled Since 2016
CLEVELAND – A Factsheet by the Children’s Law Center, the Juvenile Justice Coalition, and the ACLU of Ohio shows that since 2016, the Cuyahoga County Prosecutor’s Office has sent nearly twice as many children and cases to adult court compared to the previous five years. In 2016, 49 kids and 76 cases were sent to Read more…
Criminal Justice
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10.11.19
Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals Upholds Block on Law Banning Abortion Based on Patient’s Reason
CINCINNATI — today, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a preliminary injunction against an unconstitutional abortion ban. The law criminalizes abortion when one of the woman’s reasons for the abortion is a fetal diagnosis of Down syndrome. This ruling follows oral arguments which occurred on January 30th, 2019 before a federal three-judge panel comprised Read more…
Women's Rights
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09.12.19
VICTORY! Transgender Ohioans to Get Their Day in Court in Lawsuit Against the State
U.S. District Court denies Ohio’s Motion to Dismiss lawsuit filed by the ACLU of Ohio and Lambda Legal on behalf of transgender Ohioans denied accurate birth certificates by the state.
Columbus – A U.S. District Court judge today ruled that the lawsuit filed by the ACLU of Ohio, the ACLU, and Lambda Legal on behalf of four transgender plaintiffs seeking accurate birth certificates can proceed. The court denied the state’s motion to have the lawsuit dismissed, thereby ensuring the four transgender plaintiffs in the case Read more…
LGBT Rights
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08.29.19
ACLU of Ohio and Demos Settle Long-Running Voter Purge Case, Extending APRI Exception Through 2022
Eligible Voters Purged Through 2019 May Cast Provisional Ballots Through 2022 and Votes Will Be Counted
COLUMBUS, OHIO —Today, Ohio A. Philip Randolph Institute (Ohio APRI), Northeast Ohio Coalition for the Homeless (NEOCH), and long-time Ohio resident Larry Harmon announced that they had reached a settlement agreement with Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose, concluding the long-running litigation in Ohio A. Philip Randolph Institute v. LaRose that challenged Ohio’s method of Read more…
Voting Rights
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08.20.19
ACLU, Planned Parenthood, and Preterm File Motion for Permanent Injunction in Case Challenging Ohio’s Near Total Abortion Ban
COLUMBUS – Today, August 20, the ACLU of Ohio and others filed a motion in the Southern District of Ohio asking the Court to enter a permanent injunction against the near-total abortion ban signed by Governor DeWine in April of this year. A federal judge temporarily blocked the ban from taking effect on July 3, Read more…
Women's Rights