ACLU to State Health Department: Stop Hiding Abortion Data

ACLU of Texas sharply accused the state health department of shielding valuable statistics on the state's abortion rates from the public

"...decision on Texas' abortion restrictive House Bill 2, the ACLU of Texas sharply accused the state health department of..."

June 24, 2016 News Feature by Mary Tuma

ACLU Sues Texas Cities Over Local Abortion Bans

Suit argues small towns aim to suppress truth, free speech

"...abortion and condemn pro-choice groups as crime syndicates, the ACLU of Texas and its national parent organization are hitting..."

Feb. 26, 2020 News Post by Mary Tuma

ACLU Report: Time to Legalize It

Pot policing discriminatory and expensive

"...whites – according to a new report from the ACLU that concludes that marijuana should be legalized, taxed, and..."

June 7, 2013 News Post by Jordan Smith

ACLU Blasts Drug Task Forces

Yet more charges of impropriety against Texas' much-maligned supernarcs

"...narcotics task forces have earned their bad reputation, the ACLU of Texas reports in "Flawed Enforcement," the second installment..."

May 28, 2004 News Feature by Jordan Smith

ACLU Warns Border Counties: Abbott’s Setting You Up

County officials warned they'll be flouting Constitution and federal law if they follow governor's immigration edict

"...In response to Gov. Greg Abbott's declaration of a..."

July 9, 2021 News Feature by Mary Tuma

ACLU in Austin

"...staff conference in Austin -- "a symbolic move," says ACLU of Texas Executive Director Will Harrell, "to give respect..."

May 17, 2002 News Feature by Lauri Apple

ACLU Threatens Paxton With Lawsuit After Dell Children’s Exodus

Investigation of gender-affirming care may be unconstitutional

"...for the time being by court challenges from the ACLU and Lambda Legal...."

May 19, 2023 News Post by Brant Bingamon

ACLU Defends Capitol Bus Stop

One of busiest stops in Cap Metro system scheduled to close Aug. 24.

"...The ACLU of Texas' Central Texas chapter is actively opposing the..."

April 24, 2008 News Post by Lee Nichols

ACLU, Free Market Foundation Want In On Speaker Race

Rights group and religious right suing Texas Ethics Commission over right to pump money into speaker race.

"...themselves "strange bedfellows," but the unexpected grouping of the ACLU of Texas, religious right advocates the Free Market Foundation..."

Feb. 13, 2008 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Who's Joining the ACLU?

"...In addition to the ACLU, 11 groups on the national list have announced they've..."

Sept. 10, 2004 News Feature

I Sure Wish the ACLU Cared as Much for My Rights

"...and my general peace of mind is nonexistent. Hey ACLU, what about my right as a law-abiding taxpayer (and..."

Dec. 6, 2007 Postmarks

ACLU, Lambda Legal Back in Court to Halt Trans “Abuse” Investigations

AG Paxton argues investigations should continue while ruling protecting famlies of trans children is appealed

March 25, 2022 News Feature by Kit O’Connell

ACLU on Acevedo

"Hope is in the air; hard work in front of us."

June 14, 2007 News Post by Wells Dunbar

ACLU on Top Cop Finalists

ACLU gives the top two APD chief finalists good grades – others not weird enough.

June 13, 2007 News Post by Wells Dunbar

Feeling the Heat

A profile of the new Texas ACLU and Executive Director Will Harrell

"...enjoying something of a progressive lobbying renaissance this session. ACLU-supported legislation is thus far doing well. As of last..."

April 27, 2001 News Feature by Michael Erard

Point Austin: Work in Progress

Susan Herman of the ACLU on the long fight for liberty and justice

"...is, we're not entirely ready to close down the ACLU offices and put up a 'Mission Accomplished' banner."..."

Aug. 7, 2009 News Column by Michael King

News Roundup: Water Flows Downhill

WTP 4 opens, ACLU sues Obama, and Brown awaits his fate

"...The still-debated Water Treatment Plant No. 4 opened, the ACLU sued the Obama Administration, and journalist/activist Barrett Brown learned..."

Dec. 22, 2014 News Post by the News Staff

Another Legal Battle Lost in the Fight for Abortion Rights

While ACLU fights for a few more weeks of abortion services, providers look to haven states

"...repealed, and in response to motions filed by the ACLU of Texas and the Center for Reproductive Rights, a..."

July 8, 2022 News Feature by Maggie Q. Thompson

Lege Lines: Bill Would Ban Fetal Disability Abortion

ACLU questions constitutionality of draconian HB 2434

"...on a woman's reasons for obtaining the procedure. The ACLU has filed suit in Kentucky over a similar disability..."

April 26, 2019 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Abortions Decrease in Texas After HB 2, Data Shows

DSHS finally releases 2014 abortion stats after ACLU request

"...strategic cover-up of key abortion data lodged by the ACLU of Texas, the Department of State Health Services released..."

June 30, 2016 News Post by Mary Tuma

American Violet

This moving message film tells a story about a miscarriage of Texas justice.

"...a look. Short of that, at least renew your ACLU dues...."

May 1, 2009 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Crank

Jason Statham's Crank – despite the fact that its ever-revving mayhem is ultraviolent, sexist, and frequently offensive enough to warrant a look-see by both the ACLU and the DOJ – is pure action-film bliss.

"...offensive enough to warrant a look-see by both the ACLU and the DOJ – is pure action-film bliss. It's..."

Sept. 8, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

More Humpable Allies

A big hump to Bozeman, Montana!

"...in support of the seven queer couples and the ACLU bringing lawsuit against the state of Montana over gay..."

Sept. 29, 2010 Qmmunity Post by Andy Campbell

Book Ban Bonanza

Number of books challenged in Texas is on the decline

"...Banned Books Week. For starters, according to the Texas ACLU, there were no book challenges this year in Austin..."

Sept. 28, 2009 Books Post by Jordan Smith

Support Our Troops – Plink a Quarter in Their Cup

ACLU firebrand Debbie Russel on homeless vets in Austin

"...Debbie Russell, head of the Austin ACLU, is no stranger to controversy. She's recently unleashed a..."

Aug. 20, 2008 News Post by Wells Dunbar

Rebel With Many Causes

A Philosophical Divide

"...to say," Harrington recalls. "When I was with the ACLU... I thought there was a conspiracy by the Klan..."

Sept. 11, 1998 News Feature by Erica C. Barnett

Weed Watch

Instead of all students – current and future – convicted of any drug-related crime at any point in their lives losing federal financial aid, now, only students currently in school will lose their money if convicted on a drug charge

"...Meanwhile, the ACLU is looking for students who've been hurt by the..."

Feb. 10, 2006 News Feature by Jordan Smith

This Ain't No Picnic: Minutemen on Patrol

The sinister legions of the 'Drug Cartel' have little to fear from the latest incarnation of border hysteria. As for the rest of us ...

"...Glasser Racial Justice Fellow is the founder of the ACLU Legal Observers Project, the scourge of the Minutemen's existence...."

Oct. 28, 2005 News Feature by Diana Welch

Naked City

Austin Stories

"...But there it is -- in the phrase "the ACLU's law enforcement hit list" -- in a statement from..."

March 9, 2001 News Feature by Erica C. Barnett

Terror Hysteria Burdens Local Charities

Local nonprofits balk at federal giving campaign's new rules

"...proactively check employees' names against watch lists, the national ACLU publicly pulled out of the campaign, taking state chapters..."

Sept. 10, 2004 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

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