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Apr 2020
Women's Rights
Reproductive Freedom
Adams & Boyle, P.C. et al. v. Slatery et al.
Tennessee is one of several state to use the guise of the COVID-19 pandemic to advance anti-abortion policies. On April 24, 2020, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a preliminary injunction granted by a lower court to allow patients to continue to receive abortion care after 11 of weeks of pregnancy
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Court Case
Apr 2020
Women's Rights
Reproductive Freedom
Adams & Boyle, P.C. et al. v. Slatery et al.
Tennessee is one of several state to use the guise of the COVID-19 pandemic to advance anti-abortion policies. On April 24, 2020, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a preliminary injunction granted by a lower court to allow patients to continue to receive abortion care after 11 of weeks of pregnancy
Alabama
Apr 2020
Women's Rights
Kimberlie Michelle Durham v. Rural/Metro Corporation
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Alabama
Apr 2020
Women's Rights
Kimberlie Michelle Durham v. Rural/Metro Corporation
Court Case
Sep 2019
Women's Rights
Facebook EEOC Complaints
The ACLU, Outten & Golden LLP, and the Communications Workers of America filed charges with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission against Facebook and 10 other employers for unlawfully discriminating on the basis of gender by targeting their job ads on Facebook to male Facebook users only, excluding all women and non-binary users from receiving the ads.
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Sep 2019
Women's Rights
Facebook EEOC Complaints
The ACLU, Outten & Golden LLP, and the Communications Workers of America filed charges with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission against Facebook and 10 other employers for unlawfully discriminating on the basis of gender by targeting their job ads on Facebook to male Facebook users only, excluding all women and non-binary users from receiving the ads.
Court Case
Sep 2019
Women's Rights
Disability Rights
Balcom v. AmeriCorps
The American Civil Liberties and the ACLU of the District of Columbia filed an administrative complaint with the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS), the federal volunteer service agency that operates the AmeriCorps National Civilian Community Corps. The complaint was filed on behalf of 22-year-old Susie Balcom, a recent college graduate and two-term AmeriCorps state program alumna who received multiple offers to serve with the national program. After she completed the CNCS medical questionnaire, which included her mental health history, the offers were rescinded.
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Sep 2019
Women's Rights
Disability Rights
Balcom v. AmeriCorps
The American Civil Liberties and the ACLU of the District of Columbia filed an administrative complaint with the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS), the federal volunteer service agency that operates the AmeriCorps National Civilian Community Corps. The complaint was filed on behalf of 22-year-old Susie Balcom, a recent college graduate and two-term AmeriCorps state program alumna who received multiple offers to serve with the national program. After she completed the CNCS medical questionnaire, which included her mental health history, the offers were rescinded.
Court Case
Jul 2019
Women's Rights
Human Rights
IACHR Petition for Domestic Workers Trafficked by Diplomats
The ACLU, along with co-counsel the University of Chicago International Human Rights Clinic and organizations including Andolan, Adhikaar, CASA of Maryland, Damayan, and the National Domestic Workers Alliance, has been fighting to hold the U.S. accountable for the A-3 & G-5 visa programs that have enabled the trafficking of domestic workers by diplomats and other foreign officials. Currently pending before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) is a petition on behalf of six former domestic workers and three advocacy organizations alleging that the U.S. violated its human rights obligations by failing to take meaningful steps to prevent, investigate, and remedy the exploitation of migrant domestic workers by employers covered by diplomatic immunity.
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Jul 2019
Women's Rights
Human Rights
IACHR Petition for Domestic Workers Trafficked by Diplomats
The ACLU, along with co-counsel the University of Chicago International Human Rights Clinic and organizations including Andolan, Adhikaar, CASA of Maryland, Damayan, and the National Domestic Workers Alliance, has been fighting to hold the U.S. accountable for the A-3 & G-5 visa programs that have enabled the trafficking of domestic workers by diplomats and other foreign officials. Currently pending before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) is a petition on behalf of six former domestic workers and three advocacy organizations alleging that the U.S. violated its human rights obligations by failing to take meaningful steps to prevent, investigate, and remedy the exploitation of migrant domestic workers by employers covered by diplomatic immunity.