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class="attachment-2x1_1000 size-2x1_1000" alt="A graphic that says 'Abortion Rights.'" sizes="(max-width: 999px) 100vw, ((min-width: 1000px) and (max-width: 1199px)) 200px, 300px" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2024/10/Abortion_Spotlight_crop-1-1000x500.png 1000w, https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2024/10/Abortion_Spotlight_crop-1-768x384.png 768w, https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2024/10/Abortion_Spotlight_crop-1-1536x768.png 1536w, https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2024/10/Abortion_Spotlight_crop-1-2048x1024.png 2048w, https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2024/10/Abortion_Spotlight_crop-1-400x200.png 400w, https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2024/10/Abortion_Spotlight_crop-1-600x300.png 600w, https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2024/10/Abortion_Spotlight_crop-1-800x400.png 800w, https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2024/10/Abortion_Spotlight_crop-1-1200x600.png 1200w, 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stroke-width="3"></path></svg></span></div></div></div></div></div> <div class="column pt-none-touch pb-none-desktop pr-none-mobile"><div class="mt-4 blocklink-container mb-4-mobile mb-8-tablet"><img width="1000" height="500" src="https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2024/10/FreeSpeech_Spotlight_crop-1000x500.png" class="attachment-2x1_1000 size-2x1_1000" alt="A graphic that says &quot;Free Speech Rights.&quot;" sizes="(max-width: 999px) 100vw, ((min-width: 1000px) and (max-width: 1199px)) 200px, 300px" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2024/10/FreeSpeech_Spotlight_crop-1000x500.png 1000w, https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2024/10/FreeSpeech_Spotlight_crop-768x384.png 768w, https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2024/10/FreeSpeech_Spotlight_crop-1536x768.png 1536w, https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2024/10/FreeSpeech_Spotlight_crop-2048x1024.png 2048w, https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2024/10/FreeSpeech_Spotlight_crop-400x200.png 400w, https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2024/10/FreeSpeech_Spotlight_crop-600x300.png 600w, https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2024/10/FreeSpeech_Spotlight_crop-800x400.png 800w, https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2024/10/FreeSpeech_Spotlight_crop-1200x600.png 1200w, https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2024/10/FreeSpeech_Spotlight_crop-1400x700.png 1400w, https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2024/10/FreeSpeech_Spotlight_crop-1600x800.png 1600w"> <h3 class="is-special-size-30 mt-4 has-font-family-compressed is-capitalized">Safeguard Free Speech</h3> <a href="https://www.aclu.org/vote/free-speech-rights" class="hp__featured_link no-underline blocklink"><span class="screenreader-only">Safeguard Free Speech</span></a> <div class="columns is-mobile pt-3"><div class="column pb-4-touch"><p class="is-size-6">We have a First Amendment right to read and learn free from censorship and discrimination. </p> <div class="columns is-mobile mt-none pt-3"><p class="is-size-6 vcenter-content has-text-weight-bold pl-4 is-capitalized" style="color: rgb(0, 85, 170);">Learn More</p> <span class="icon"><svg width="11" height="16" viewBox="0 0 11 16" fill="none" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><path d="M0 12L6 6L0 0" transform="translate(2 2)" stroke="#0055aa" stroke-width="3"></path></svg></span></div></div></div></div></div> <div class="column pt-none-touch pb-none-desktop pr-none-mobile"><div class="mt-4 blocklink-container mb-4-mobile mb-8-tablet"><img width="1000" height="500" src="https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2024/10/VotingRights_Spotlight_crop-1000x500.png" class="attachment-2x1_1000 size-2x1_1000" alt="A graphic that says &quot;Voting Rights.&quot;" sizes="(max-width: 999px) 100vw, ((min-width: 1000px) and (max-width: 1199px)) 200px, 300px" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2024/10/VotingRights_Spotlight_crop-1000x500.png 1000w, https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2024/10/VotingRights_Spotlight_crop-768x384.png 768w, https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2024/10/VotingRights_Spotlight_crop-1536x768.png 1536w, https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2024/10/VotingRights_Spotlight_crop-2048x1024.png 2048w, https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2024/10/VotingRights_Spotlight_crop-400x200.png 400w, https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2024/10/VotingRights_Spotlight_crop-600x300.png 600w, https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2024/10/VotingRights_Spotlight_crop-800x400.png 800w, https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2024/10/VotingRights_Spotlight_crop-1200x600.png 1200w, https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2024/10/VotingRights_Spotlight_crop-1400x700.png 1400w, https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2024/10/VotingRights_Spotlight_crop-1600x800.png 1600w"> <h3 class="is-special-size-30 mt-4 has-font-family-compressed is-capitalized">Fight Voter Suppression </h3> <a href="https://www.aclu.org/vote/voting-rights" class="hp__featured_link no-underline blocklink"><span class="screenreader-only">Fight Voter Suppression </span></a> <div class="columns is-mobile pt-3"><div class="column pb-4-touch"><p class="is-size-6">Democracy is free and fair only when every eligible American has the freedom to vote. </p> <div class="columns is-mobile mt-none pt-3"><p class="is-size-6 vcenter-content has-text-weight-bold pl-4 is-capitalized" style="color: rgb(0, 85, 170);">Learn More</p> <span class="icon"><svg width="11" height="16" viewBox="0 0 11 16" fill="none" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><path d="M0 12L6 6L0 0" transform="translate(2 2)" stroke="#0055aa" stroke-width="3"></path></svg></span></div></div></div></div></div> <div class="column pt-none-touch pb-none-desktop pr-none-mobile"><div class="mt-4 blocklink-container mb-4-mobile mb-8-tablet"><img width="1000" height="500" src="https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2024/10/LGBTQRights_Spotlight_crop-1000x500.png" class="attachment-2x1_1000 size-2x1_1000" alt="A graphic that says &quot;LGBTQ+ Rights.&quot;" sizes="(max-width: 999px) 100vw, ((min-width: 1000px) and (max-width: 1199px)) 200px, 300px" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2024/10/LGBTQRights_Spotlight_crop-1000x500.png 1000w, https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2024/10/LGBTQRights_Spotlight_crop-768x384.png 768w, https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2024/10/LGBTQRights_Spotlight_crop-1536x768.png 1536w, https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2024/10/LGBTQRights_Spotlight_crop-2048x1024.png 2048w, https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2024/10/LGBTQRights_Spotlight_crop-400x200.png 400w, https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2024/10/LGBTQRights_Spotlight_crop-600x300.png 600w, https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2024/10/LGBTQRights_Spotlight_crop-800x400.png 800w, https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2024/10/LGBTQRights_Spotlight_crop-1200x600.png 1200w, https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2024/10/LGBTQRights_Spotlight_crop-1400x700.png 1400w, https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2024/10/LGBTQRights_Spotlight_crop-1600x800.png 1600w"> <h3 class="is-special-size-30 mt-4 has-font-family-compressed is-capitalized">Protect LGBTQ+ Rights</h3> <a href="https://www.aclu.org/vote/lgbtq-rights" class="hp__featured_link no-underline blocklink"><span class="screenreader-only">Protect LGBTQ+ Rights</span></a> <div class="columns is-mobile pt-3"><div class="column pb-4-touch"><p class="is-size-6">LGBTQ+ people deserve to live without discrimination due to who they are and whom they love. </p> <div class="columns is-mobile mt-none pt-3"><p class="is-size-6 vcenter-content has-text-weight-bold pl-4 is-capitalized" style="color: rgb(0, 85, 170);">Learn More</p> <span class="icon"><svg width="11" height="16" viewBox="0 0 11 16" fill="none" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><path d="M0 12L6 6L0 0" transform="translate(2 2)" stroke="#0055aa" stroke-width="3"></path></svg></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></section> <div 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Technology</div></a></li> <li class="mr-8-desktop mb-8-desktop mr-4-touch mb-4-touch"><a href="https://www.aclu.org/issues/racial-justice" class="hp__issue_link text-link no-underline"><div class="issue__chip is-special-size-21 is-size-7-touch pl-4 pr-4 pt-2 pb-2">Racial Justice</div></a></li> <li class="mr-8-desktop mb-8-desktop mr-4-touch mb-4-touch"><a href="https://www.aclu.org/issues/religious-liberty" class="hp__issue_link text-link no-underline"><div class="issue__chip is-special-size-21 is-size-7-touch pl-4 pr-4 pt-2 pb-2">Religious Liberty</div></a></li> <li class="mr-8-desktop mb-8-desktop mr-4-touch mb-4-touch"><a href="https://www.aclu.org/issues/reproductive-freedom" class="hp__issue_link text-link no-underline"><div class="issue__chip is-special-size-21 is-size-7-touch pl-4 pr-4 pt-2 pb-2">Reproductive Freedom</div></a></li> <li class="mr-8-desktop mb-8-desktop mr-4-touch mb-4-touch"><a href="https://www.aclu.org/issues/smart-justice" class="hp__issue_link text-link no-underline"><div class="issue__chip is-special-size-21 is-size-7-touch pl-4 pr-4 pt-2 pb-2">Smart Justice</div></a></li> <li class="mr-8-desktop mb-8-desktop mr-4-touch mb-4-touch"><a href="https://www.aclu.org/issues/voting-rights" class="hp__issue_link text-link no-underline"><div class="issue__chip is-special-size-21 is-size-7-touch pl-4 pr-4 pt-2 pb-2">Voting Rights</div></a></li> <li class="mr-8-desktop mb-8-desktop mr-4-touch mb-4-touch"><a href="https://www.aclu.org/issues/womens-rights" class="hp__issue_link text-link no-underline"><div class="issue__chip is-special-size-21 is-size-7-touch pl-4 pr-4 pt-2 pb-2">Women's Rights</div></a></li></ul></nav></div> <div id="hp__top_spotlight" class="columns is-multiline is-mobile"><h2 class="screenreader-only">Systemic Equality</h2> <div class="column is-full-desktop pb-none-touch is-stretched-touch spotlight"><img width="2800" height="1400" src="https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2023/12/systemic-equality-banner-optim.jpg" class="spotlight__image" alt="A graphic of a child standing on a parent's shoulders." decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2023/12/systemic-equality-banner-optim.jpg 2800w, https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2023/12/systemic-equality-banner-optim-768x384.jpg 768w, https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2023/12/systemic-equality-banner-optim-1536x768.jpg 1536w, https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2023/12/systemic-equality-banner-optim-2048x1024.jpg 2048w, https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2023/12/systemic-equality-banner-optim-400x200.jpg 400w, https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2023/12/systemic-equality-banner-optim-600x300.jpg 600w, https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2023/12/systemic-equality-banner-optim-800x400.jpg 800w, https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2023/12/systemic-equality-banner-optim-1000x500.jpg 1000w, https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2023/12/systemic-equality-banner-optim-1200x600.jpg 1200w, https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2023/12/systemic-equality-banner-optim-1400x700.jpg 1400w, https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2023/12/systemic-equality-banner-optim-1600x800.jpg 1600w" sizes="(max-width: 2800px) 100vw, 2800px"></div> <div class="column is-1-desktop is-hidden-touch"></div> <div class="column is-10-desktop is-full-touch"><div class="is-flex-direction-row-reverse columns is-multiline"><div aria-hidden="true" class="column is-5-desktop pl-16-desktop is-full-touch spotlight__title has-text-right-desktop is-size-1-desktop is-size-3-touch has-font-family-compressed is-uppercase">
        Systemic Equality      </div> <div class="column is-7-desktop is-full-touch spotlight__content is-special-size-21 is-size-5-touch"><p>Since our nation’s founding, discriminatory policies and laws have created an unequal system in which Black communities have had their civil rights and liberties denied and have been systemically locked out of opportunities in education, housing, employment, and more.</p> <p>Through our Systemic Equality agenda, we will use nationwide litigation, advocacy, and public education to advance laws and policies rooted in racial equity and end discriminatory policies, laws, and practices that have an outsized impact on Black communities.</p> <p>Help us in our fight to ensure all people have equal access to housing, voting rights, education, and more by <a href="https://www.aclu.org/news/topic/systemic-equality-addressing-americas-legacy-of-racism-and-systemic-discrimination">learning more</a>, pledging your support, or <a href="https://action.aclu.org/give/now">donating</a>. When we have full and equal access to education, jobs, housing, voting rights and more, better futures are possible.</p></div></div></div> <div class="column is-1-desktop is-hidden-touch"></div></div> <div id="hp__top_news" class="pb-24-desktop pb-4-touch"><hr> <a href="/news" class="screenreader-only"><h2>News and Commentary</h2></a> <div class="columns"><a href="/news" class="no-underline column is-narrow"><div class="columns is-mobile mt-8-desktop is-vcentered"><div class="column"><div class="is-section-title is-uppercase is-size-1 is-size-3-touch">News &amp; Commentary</div></div> <div class="column is-narrow pl-none vcenter-content"><span class="icon caret is-dark right"></span></div></div></a></div> <div class="columns is-desktop mt-8 mt-none-touch"><div class="column"><div class="mt-4 news-card blocklink-container"><img width="400" height="266" src="https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2024/09/kyr-bus-tour-detroit-w-kamau-bell-f-400x266.jpg" class="news-card__image is-hidden-touch" alt="W. Kamau Bell onstage interview during the Know Your Rights bus tour." decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2024/09/kyr-bus-tour-detroit-w-kamau-bell-f-400x266.jpg 400w, https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2024/09/kyr-bus-tour-detroit-w-kamau-bell-f-600x400.jpg 600w, https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2024/09/kyr-bus-tour-detroit-w-kamau-bell-f-800x533.jpg 800w, https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2024/09/kyr-bus-tour-detroit-w-kamau-bell-f-1000x666.jpg 1000w, https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2024/09/kyr-bus-tour-detroit-w-kamau-bell-f-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2024/09/kyr-bus-tour-detroit-w-kamau-bell-f-1400x933.jpg 1400w, https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2024/09/kyr-bus-tour-detroit-w-kamau-bell-f-1600x1066.jpg 1600w" sizes="(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px"> <div class="news-card__issue mt-4-desktop has-font-family-compressed is-uppercase is-special-size-21 is-size-5-touch">
							Voting Rights						</div> <h3 class="is-special-size-30 mt-4 has-font-family-compressed">W. Kamau Bell and Michigan's Top Rap Stars Get Down for Voting Rights</h3> <a href="https://www.aclu.org/news/voting-rights/w-kamau-bell-and-michigans-top-rap-stars-get-down-for-voting-rights" class="hp__featured_news_link no-underline blocklink"><span class="screenreader-only">W. Kamau Bell and Michigan's Top Rap Stars Get Down for Voting Rights</span></a> <div class="news-card__description columns is-mobile pt-3"><div class="column is-two-thirds-mobile"><p class="has-font-family-serif is-special-size-21 is-size-5-touch">At the last stop on the ACLU's Know Your Rights Bus Tour, a live podcast taping with the comedian W. Kamau Bell and a rap concert featuring Danny Brown helped the Michigan residents make a plan to vote.</p></div> <div class="column is-one-third is-hidden-desktop"><img width="400" height="400" src="https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2024/09/kyr-bus-tour-detroit-w-kamau-bell-f-400x400.jpg" class="news-card__image" alt="W. Kamau Bell onstage interview during the Know Your Rights bus tour." decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2024/09/kyr-bus-tour-detroit-w-kamau-bell-f-400x400.jpg 400w, https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2024/09/kyr-bus-tour-detroit-w-kamau-bell-f-150x150.jpg 150w, https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2024/09/kyr-bus-tour-detroit-w-kamau-bell-f-600x600.jpg 600w, https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2024/09/kyr-bus-tour-detroit-w-kamau-bell-f-800x800.jpg 800w, https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2024/09/kyr-bus-tour-detroit-w-kamau-bell-f-1000x1000.jpg 1000w, https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2024/09/kyr-bus-tour-detroit-w-kamau-bell-f-1200x1200.jpg 1200w, https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2024/09/kyr-bus-tour-detroit-w-kamau-bell-f-1400x1400.jpg 1400w, https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2024/09/kyr-bus-tour-detroit-w-kamau-bell-f-300x300.jpg 300w" sizes="(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px"></div></div></div></div> <div class="column"><div class="mt-4 news-card blocklink-container"><img width="400" height="266" src="https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2024/09/kyr-bus-tour-philly-drag-queens-kamau-f-400x266.jpg" class="news-card__image is-hidden-touch" alt="Tiffany Uma Mascara, Gen Z. VinChelle, Ajour “Di” Hargrove and W. Kamau Bell." decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2024/09/kyr-bus-tour-philly-drag-queens-kamau-f-400x266.jpg 400w, https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2024/09/kyr-bus-tour-philly-drag-queens-kamau-f-600x400.jpg 600w, https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2024/09/kyr-bus-tour-philly-drag-queens-kamau-f-800x533.jpg 800w, https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2024/09/kyr-bus-tour-philly-drag-queens-kamau-f-1000x666.jpg 1000w, https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2024/09/kyr-bus-tour-philly-drag-queens-kamau-f-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2024/09/kyr-bus-tour-philly-drag-queens-kamau-f-1400x933.jpg 1400w, https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2024/09/kyr-bus-tour-philly-drag-queens-kamau-f-1600x1066.jpg 1600w" sizes="(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px"> <div class="news-card__issue mt-4-desktop has-font-family-compressed is-uppercase is-special-size-21 is-size-5-touch">
							Voting Rights						</div> <h3 class="is-special-size-30 mt-4 has-font-family-compressed">The Drag Queens Helping You Vote</h3> <a href="https://www.aclu.org/news/voting-rights/the-drag-queens-helping-you-vote-for-your-rights" class="hp__featured_news_link no-underline blocklink"><span class="screenreader-only">The Drag Queens Helping You Vote</span></a> <div class="news-card__description columns is-mobile pt-3"><div class="column is-two-thirds-mobile"><p class="has-font-family-serif is-special-size-21 is-size-5-touch">On tour with the ACLU’s Know Your Rights bus tour, drag queens and other artists from Philadelphia and Detroit helped audiences test their knowledge of democracy.</p></div> <div class="column is-one-third is-hidden-desktop"><img width="400" height="400" src="https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2024/09/kyr-bus-tour-philly-drag-queens-kamau-f-400x400.jpg" class="news-card__image" alt="Tiffany Uma Mascara, Gen Z. VinChelle, Ajour “Di” Hargrove and W. Kamau Bell." decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2024/09/kyr-bus-tour-philly-drag-queens-kamau-f-400x400.jpg 400w, https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2024/09/kyr-bus-tour-philly-drag-queens-kamau-f-150x150.jpg 150w, https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2024/09/kyr-bus-tour-philly-drag-queens-kamau-f-600x600.jpg 600w, https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2024/09/kyr-bus-tour-philly-drag-queens-kamau-f-800x800.jpg 800w, https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2024/09/kyr-bus-tour-philly-drag-queens-kamau-f-1000x1000.jpg 1000w, https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2024/09/kyr-bus-tour-philly-drag-queens-kamau-f-1200x1200.jpg 1200w, https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2024/09/kyr-bus-tour-philly-drag-queens-kamau-f-1400x1400.jpg 1400w, https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2024/09/kyr-bus-tour-philly-drag-queens-kamau-f-300x300.jpg 300w" sizes="(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px"></div></div></div></div> <div class="column"><div class="mt-4 news-card blocklink-container"><img width="400" height="266" src="https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2024/09/trapped-in-texas-blog-400x266.jpg" class="news-card__image is-hidden-touch" alt="A U.S. border patrol agent." decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2024/09/trapped-in-texas-blog-400x267.jpg 400w, https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2024/09/trapped-in-texas-blog-768x512.jpg 768w, https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2024/09/trapped-in-texas-blog-600x400.jpg 600w, https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2024/09/trapped-in-texas-blog-800x533.jpg 800w, https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2024/09/trapped-in-texas-blog-1000x667.jpg 1000w, https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2024/09/trapped-in-texas-blog.jpg 1110w" sizes="(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px"> <div class="news-card__issue mt-4-desktop has-font-family-compressed is-uppercase is-special-size-21 is-size-5-touch">
							Immigrants' Rights						</div> <h3 class="is-special-size-30 mt-4 has-font-family-compressed">How Border Policing Harms Undocumented People Seeking Abortion Care</h3> <a href="https://www.aclu.org/news/immigrants-rights/how-border-policing-harms-undocumented-people-seeking-abortion-care" class="hp__featured_news_link no-underline blocklink"><span class="screenreader-only">How Border Policing Harms Undocumented People Seeking Abortion Care</span></a> <div class="news-card__description columns is-mobile pt-3"><div class="column is-two-thirds-mobile"><p class="has-font-family-serif is-special-size-21 is-size-5-touch">The ACLU’s latest report outlines how interior immigration checkpoints and anti-immigrant state policing trap noncitizens trying to leave Texas for abortion care.</p></div> <div class="column is-one-third is-hidden-desktop"><img width="400" height="400" src="https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2024/09/trapped-in-texas-blog-400x400.jpg" class="news-card__image" alt="A U.S. border patrol agent." decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2024/09/trapped-in-texas-blog-400x400.jpg 400w, https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2024/09/trapped-in-texas-blog-150x150.jpg 150w, https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2024/09/trapped-in-texas-blog-600x600.jpg 600w, https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2024/09/trapped-in-texas-blog-300x300.jpg 300w" sizes="(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px"></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div> <div class="is-hidden-touch"><div id="hp__legal_section"><div class="section pt-24-desktop pb-12-desktop pt-16-touch pb-none-touch has-background-azure has-text-navy"><div class="container"><div class="columns is-mobile is-variable is-3-mobile"><div class="column is-full"><h2 class="is-section-title legal__court__title is-uppercase is-size-3-touch has-text-navy pb-8-desktop">In the Courts</h2></div></div> <div class="columns is-multiline is-mobile is-variable is-3-mobile"><div class="column is-9-desktop is-hidden-touch mb-8-desktop"><p class="legal__court__content is-special-size-30 is-size-6-touch has-font-family-serif">
            For more than one hundred years, ACLU lawyers have been at the center of one history-making court case after
            another, participating in more Supreme Court cases than any other private organization. With attorneys
            nationwide, we handle thousands of cases each year on behalf of clients whose rights have been violated.
          </p></div></div> <div id="hp__legal_featured_case" class="columns is-mobile is-multiline"><div class="column is-4-desktop is-full-touch vbottom-content mb-24-desktop column__featured-case-text"><div class="columns is-multiline"><div class="column is-full p-8 has-background-white blocklink-container"><h3 class="is-size-3 has-font-family-compressed has-text-navy">Fighting For Reproductive Freedom</h3> <p class="is-special-size-21 has-font-family-serif mt-4 has-text-navy">
                    People deserve the freedom to make their own  medical decisions — but extreme politicians want to take that power away and deny people essential healthcare like abortion and birth control. The ACLU will never stop fighting to ensure that every person can maker their own decisions around pregnancy.                </p> <a href="https://www.aclu.org/cases/brandt-et-al-v-rutledge-et-al" class="blocklink no-underline"><span class="screenreader-only">Fighting For Reproductive Freedom</span></a></div></div></div> <div class="column is-8-desktop is-full-touch pb-none-touch column__featured-case-image"><img width="1600" height="1066" src="https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2024/07/0502_InTheCourts_V3.jpg" class="attachment-original size-original" alt="A graphic that depicts individuals demonstrating for reproductive freedom." decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2024/07/0502_InTheCourts_V3.jpg 1600w, https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2024/07/0502_InTheCourts_V3-768x512.jpg 768w, https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2024/07/0502_InTheCourts_V3-1536x1023.jpg 1536w, https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2024/07/0502_InTheCourts_V3-400x267.jpg 400w, https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2024/07/0502_InTheCourts_V3-600x400.jpg 600w, https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2024/07/0502_InTheCourts_V3-800x533.jpg 800w, https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2024/07/0502_InTheCourts_V3-1000x666.jpg 1000w, https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2024/07/0502_InTheCourts_V3-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2024/07/0502_InTheCourts_V3-1400x933.jpg 1400w" sizes="(max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px"></div> <div class="column featuredcase__all__cases__link is-4-desktop is-full-touch"><div class="columns is-mobile is-centered mt-3-touch mb-3-touch"><div class="column is-narrow nowrap"><a class="is-uppercase is-size-2 is-size-3-touch has-font-family-compressed has-text-navy no-underline" href="https://www.aclu.org/defending-our-rights/court-battles">
                    all court cases
                </a></div> <div class="column is-narrow pl-none vcenter-content"><span class="icon caret is-dark-navy right"></span></div></div></div></div></div></div> <div id="hp__legal_spotlight" class="section legal__spotlight__section is-relative"><div class="container legal__spotlight__content full-height"><div class="columns is-mobile is-variable is-3-mobile is-multiline"><div class="column is-two-thirds-desktop is-full-touch has-text-navy pr-8-desktop pt-16"><div class="columns is-multiline is-mobile"><h3 class="screenreader-only">Fighting Trump</h3> <div class="column is-half"><img src="https://www.aclu.org/wp-content/themes/aclu-wp/img/court.jpg" alt="Image of Supreme Court" role="presentation" loading="lazy"></div> <div class="column is-half"><div class="vcenter-content full-height"><p class="is-special-size-30 is-size-4-touch">
                                During the Trump administration, we filed over
                                <strong class="has-text-navy">246 lawsuits</strong>.
                            </p></div></div> <div class="column is-full-touch is-9-desktop is-special-size-21 legal__lawsuit__content ml-none-touch has-font-family-serif"><p><b><a href="https://www.aclu.org/cases/sixth-district-african-methodist-episcopal-church-v-kemp" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Fighting Back Against Voter Suppression in Georgia</a></b><br>
Following record turnout in recent elections, Georgia legislators passed a voter suppression law designed to make it harder for voters, especially voters of color, to cast a ballot. We’re suing.</p> <p><b><a href="https://www.aclu.org/cases/mahanoy-area-school-district-v-bl" rel="noreferrer">Defending Student Free Speech</a></b><br>
Brandi Levy was just blowing off steam off campus when she posted an expletive message on Snapchat critical of her school and cheer team. She was suspended from her cheer team, but alongside the ACLU she sued to defend student free speech. We took the case all the way to the Supreme Court – and won.</p> <p><a href="https://www.aclu.org/cases/planned-parenthood-southwest-and-central-florida-et-al-v-state-florida-et-al"><b>Protecting Abortion Access in Florida</b></a><br>
On behalf of several abortion providers, we are fighting against Florida's senseless and harmful law that bans abortion after 15 weeks of pregnancy and threatens to imprison doctors who provide care beyond that point.</p></div></div></div> <div class="column is-one-third-desktop pt-12-desktop is-full-touch"><div class="columns"><div class="column pt-12-touch is-relative"><div class="is-hidden-desktop legal__spotlight__backdrop__touch is-stretched-touch full-height"></div> <div class="columns is-multiline is-mobile pl-8-desktop pr-none-desktop"><a class="no-underline is-uppercase column is-full pb-12" href="https://www.aclu.org/about-aclu"><div class="columns is-mobile"><h3 class="column is-narrow has-font-family-compressed is-size-2 has-text-white">our history</h3> <div class="column is-narrow vcenter-content pl-none"><span class="icon caret is-light right"></span></div></div></a> <div class="column is-half has-text-azure"><div><h4 class="has-text-azure has-font-family-compressed is-size-2 is-uppercase mb-3">1920</h4> <p class="has-text-weight-bold" style="font-size: 13px;">In its first year, the ACLU challenged the Palmer Raids, protecting immigrants and trade union members.</p></div></div> <div class="column is-half has-text-azure"><div><h4 class="has-text-azure has-font-family-compressed is-size-2 is-uppercase mb-3">1942</h4> <p class="has-text-weight-bold" style="font-size: 13px;">The ACLU stood almost alone in denouncing the federal government’s internment of more than 110,000 Japanese Americans in concentration camps.</p></div></div> <div class="column is-half has-text-azure"><div><h4 class="has-text-azure has-font-family-compressed is-size-2 is-uppercase mb-3">1967</h4> <p class="has-text-weight-bold" style="font-size: 13px;">The ACLU represented an interracial couple in the landmark Supreme Court case, Loving v. Virginia. The court ruled that state bans on interracial marriage were unconstitutional.</p></div></div> <div class="column is-half has-text-azure"><div><h4 class="has-text-azure has-font-family-compressed is-size-2 is-uppercase mb-3">1978</h4> <p class="has-text-weight-bold" style="font-size: 13px;">The ACLU took a controversial stand for free speech by defending a Nazi group that wanted to march through the Chicago suburb of Skokie—where many Holocaust survivors lived.</p></div></div> <div class="column is-half has-text-azure"><div><h4 class="has-text-azure has-font-family-compressed is-size-2 is-uppercase mb-3">2015</h4> <p class="has-text-weight-bold" style="font-size: 13px;">The ACLU won a landmark Supreme Court ruling in Obergefell v. Hodges, affirming the constitutional right of same-sex couples to marry.</p></div></div> <div class="column is-half has-text-azure"><div><h4 class="has-text-azure has-font-family-compressed is-size-2 is-uppercase mb-3">2018</h4> <p class="has-text-weight-bold" style="font-size: 13px;">In a victory for privacy, the Supreme Court ruled in an ACLU case, Carpenter v. United States, that people’s sensitive cell phone location data is protected by the Fourth Amendment, requiring the government get a warrant to access it.</p></div></div> <div class="column is-full has-text-azure mb-8"><div><h4 class="has-text-azure has-font-family-compressed is-size-2 is-uppercase mb-3">today</h4> <p class="has-text-weight-bold is-size-6">We have over 1,700 staffers in every state, Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico fighting for people's constitutional rights.</p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div> <div class="legal__spotlight__backdrop is-hidden-touch"><div class="legal__spotlight__backdrop__left full-height has-background-white"></div> <div class="legal__spotlight__backdrop__right full-height has-background-navy"></div></div></div></div></div> <div id="hp__mobile_section" class="mobile-section is-hidden-desktop"><div class="mobile-section__inner m-4 mb-none"><div class="section"><div class="columns is-mobile is-variable is-2-mobile"><div 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