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With Roe Overturned, What Comes Next for Abortion Rights?
The impact of the Supreme Court’s ruling overturning Roe v. Wade will be devastating. Here’s what comes next.
Pride Month Q&A with Attorney, Activist, and Author Robyn Gigl
Winning Protections for Transgender People in Prison, From the Perspective of a Lawyer and a Transgender Woman
Six Ways You Can Join the Fight for Abortion Rights
This is a perilous moment for our rights, but there are still ways to take action to support and protect abortion rights
New Report Illustrates How Right to Counsel Prevents Evictions and their Discriminatory Impacts on Communities
An ACLU and National Coalition for a Civil Right to Counsel investigation confirms legal representation for renters facing eviction is a critically important intervention to keep people in their homes and prevent the long-term harms of eviction.
What to Know About the Leaked Supreme Court Abortion Draft Opinion, and What’s Next
Brigitte Amiri, deputy director of the ACLU’s Reproductive Freedom Project, breaks down what you should keep in mind in the wake of the leaked draft.
A Right to Abortion Isn’t Enough. There Needs to be Access.
The Reproductive Freedom Act at its core ensures that all people who can become pregnant not only have the right, but equitable access, to abortion care by guaranteeing it regardless of one’s insurance or immigration status.
By Alejandra Sorto
With Reproductive Freedom in Danger, New Jersey Must Expand Protections and Access
When Texas banned nearly all abortions, it showed us that what happens on the state level can reach far beyond state lines. Just as starkly, it has shown the grim reality that when reproductive freedom comes under threat, people of color and those on the economic margins will undeniably bear the brunt of the harms caused by abortion restrictions.
By Alejandra Sorto
ACLU-NJ and Garden State Equality Letter to County Jails on Rights of Transgender People
The New Jersey Department of Corrections recently agreed to adopt a system-wide policy to help protect transgender, intersex, and non-binary people in prisons. This was the result of an agreement settling a civil rights suit brought by a woman who was forced to live in men’s prisons for a year and a half, represented by the ACLU of New Jersey and attorney Robyn Gigl of Gluck Walrath LLP. The new policy includes housing in line with gender identity, appropriate use of pronouns, access to gender-affirming property, and more.
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