Civil Rights & Social Justice

A former judge who has urged people to donate to a group that opposes abortion rights could have a say in whether Missouri's last abortion clinic remains open.

The three, members of the Rise Above Movement, had been charged under a federal anti-riot statute with planning and then carrying out assaults at rallies in California in 2017. The judge said the federal statute used to prosecute them was unconstitutional.

"For weeks, she pleaded for medical help."

Multiple young men who have been affiliated with Koch’s powerful political network have been exposed as members of a white nationalist group.

Elsewhere, Tennessee became the seventh state to add a “trigger law” on the books that would criminalize abortion if Roe v. Wade falls.

Abortion rights supporters say they are seeing ramped-up efforts from anti-choice protesters who "believe that they can operate with impunity."

Using language that is "intentionally emotional" draws public support for extreme abortion laws, but people's opinions change once they understand the intention of such legislation.

Why and when did America decide that people convicted of a crime should not vote?

The rule would grant wide legal protections to those who refuse to provide health-care services based on their religious or conscience objections.

Sandra Park and Linda Morris, Skadden Fellow , ACLU Women’s Rights Project