The American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan today filed a complaint with Meijer after a pharmacist refused to fill a customer’s prescription that was...
CHICAGO — The American Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU of Michigan today filed a government complaint against a Catholic health care provider that refused...
CINCINNATI — A federal appeals court will today hear a case brought by the American Civil Liberties Union on behalf of Tamesha Means, a pregnant woman who was...
DETROIT – The American Civil Liberties Union and MergerWatch today released reports that reveal that one in six hospital beds in the United States is in a...
ACLU at the Michigan Capitol – November 16, 2015
It’s deer hunting season. For those of us who work in Lansing, deer hunting season is also the highly...
Recently, a Catholic hospital denied permission to Jessica Mann, a pregnant Michigan woman with a life-threatening brain tumor, to have her tubes tied after...
GRAND BLANC, Mich. — The American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan today filed a formal complaint with a state licensing agency after a Catholic hospital...
DETROIT — The American Civil Liberties Union and the American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan announced a federal lawsuit today filed on behalf of their...
Recently a Catholic hospital denied permission to Jessica Mann, a pregnant Michigan woman with a life-threatening brain tumor, to have her tubes tied after she...
GRAND BLANC, Mich. — A Catholic hospital in Michigan denied a pregnant woman with a life-threatening brain tumor a request to get her tubes tied at the time of...
As debate over "religious freedom restoration acts," or RFRAs, heat up around the country and here in Michigan, the threat of religion being used to...
A federal district court today dismissed a lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU of Michigan on behalf of a pregnant woman who was...
Ever wonder who’s behind the work here at the ACLU of Michigan? In our new blog series Five Questions, ACLU of Michigan staff will talk about the incredible...
Moms Jami and Krista Contreras of Oak Park, Michigan brought their six-day-old newborn into a Roseville pediatric practice for a wellness checkup. The couple...
State Departments Prepare to Extend Benefits to 323 Gay Couples Married in Michigan (Mlive)
Jay Kaplan, a staff attorney for the ACLU of Michigan who worked on...
As the year comes to a close, the Michigan Legislature seems to have dutifully set itself to the task of passing as many harmful bills as possible.
The recent...
Regardless of whether you have been pregnant or not, chances are you can recite the long list of things to avoid in pregnancy: alcohol, caffeine, cigarettes,...
DETROIT — The American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan in a letter today called on the state licensing and regulatory agency to compel a hospital near Flint...
Freedom of religion is one of our fundamental rights as Americans. That’s why it’s protected in the state and federal constitutions.
However, this week, our...
NEW YORK and DETROIT— The American Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU of Michigan have filed a lawsuit on behalf of a pregnant woman who miscarried and was...
To: Governor Rick Snyder
P.O. Box 30013
Lansing, Michigan 48909
Dear Governor Snyder:
The events today at the State Capitol have been extremely disappointing...
Lansing, Mich. – The American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan expressed outrage today over the unconstitutional lockout at the Michigan State Capitol....
LANSING, Mich. – In an effort to protect women’s health care in Michigan, doctors, health care professionals and reproductive rights advocates denounced a...
DETROIT – The American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan announced today that it has settled its lawsuit against the Detroit Police Department on behalf of...
The American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan and Planned Parenthood Advocates of Michigan applauded the State House of Representatives today for passing...
On the 218th birthday of our Bill of Rights, our Michigan State Legislature has given us the best birthday gift that we could hope for.
This morning, the...
The U of M Chapter of the ACLU and the University of Michigan Students for Choice-VOX invite you to attend a two-day conference on Jan. 24 and 25.
Giving...
LANSING — At a hearing today, the American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan, Planned Parenthood Advocates of Michigan and dozens of supporters of informed...
DETROIT — In an effort to protect the rights of women, the American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan filed a federal lawsuit late yesterday on behalf of five...
LANSING — Planned Parenthood Affiliates of Michigan and the American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan are deeply disappointed, today, in the Michigan House...
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court today refused to review legal questions raised in a challenge to Michigan’s third attempt at a dangerous and extreme ban on...
CINCINNATI — The American Civil Liberties Union, Center for Reproductive Rights, and Planned Parenthood Federation of America today hailed a decision by the U....
CINCINNATI — The American Civil Liberties Union, Center for Reproductive Rights, and Planned Parenthood Federation of America today asked the U.S. Court of...
Detroit — In response to a request from the American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan and 27 other organizations, the Michigan Civil Rights Commission issued...
Detroit, MI – The American Civil Liberties Union, the Center for Reproductive Rights, and the Planned Parenthood Federation of America asked a federal court...
DETROIT, MI — The American Civil Liberties Union, the Center for Reproductive Rights, and the Planned Parenthood Federation of America announced today that the...
Detroit, MI—The American Civil Liberties Union, the Center for Reproductive Rights, and Planned Parenthood Federation of America asked a federal court today to...
DETROIT – After two successful challenges and for the third time in seven years, the American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan announced today that it is...
Decline to Sign the Petition
In Michigan, Right to Life and the Catholic Conference have just begun a petition drive in an attempt to do an end-run around SB...
DETROIT – After anti-choice groups filed their language with the Board of Canvassers today for a citizen’s initiative to ban so-called “partial birth abortion...
Another deceptive bill to eliminate a woman’s right to choose passed the Senate today. The new bill, called the "legal birth definition act," is an attempt to...
DETROIT – In a blatant attack on personal privacy rights, a Lapeer County judge ordered a woman to submit to a medically "verifiable" method of birth control...
New so-called partial birth abortion bill passes the HouseUPDATED May 9, 2003 — Another so-called "partial birth abortion" ban passed the House yesterday. The...
DETROIT — On tomorrow night’s ABC’s Prime Time, Rosie O’Donnell will be disclosing her own sexual orientation and how she and her family have been affected by...
Today the Michigan House of Representatives passed legislation to undermine family planning and contraception services provided by pro-choice groups like...
For the second time in four years, a Michigan statute regarding abortion has been stuck down in federal court.
ACLU Press Release: Court Again Upholds A Woman'...
DETROIT — For the second time in four years, a Michigan statute regarding abortion has been stuck down in federal court. United States District Judge Arthur J...
Written in 2000, this 8-page publication provides accurate and usable information about current reproductive freedom laws and the threat of legislation...
DETROIT — The American Civil Liberties Union, the Center for Reproductive Rights, and the Planned Parenthood Federation of America today hailed a decision by a...
Take Action Here: Tell your representative and speaker of the house to stop pandering to anti-choice forces
You can tell it’s an election year in Michigan. Our...
Rep. Rebekah Warren (D - Ann Arbor) and Rep. Marie Donigan (D - Royal Oak) have bills pending before the MI House Judiciary Committee that would ensure women...