ACLU Sues Idaho for Banning Male Athletes From Female Sports

Elizabeth Matamoros
April 15, 2020 5:15 PM

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Idaho on Wednesday announced it's legal action in response to the Fairness in Women's Sports Act, a recent law that would make Idaho the first state to ban students born male from participating in all-female sports.

GoFundMe Raises Money for Abortion Groups

Fundraising tech giant launches $500,000 charity benefit for abortion providers and their dark money political operations

Bill McMorris
June 26, 2019 12:30 PM

The money will be used to benefit Planned Parenthood, the nation's largest abortion provider, the Planned Parenthood Action Fund—a dark money group that pays for political and lobbying operations—the American Civil Liberties Union, and other abortion organizations nationwide.

Biden Flips, Supports Hyde Amendment Again

Nic Rowan
June 5, 2019 11:10 AM

Former vice president Joe Biden has flipped on the Hyde Amendment, a 1976 ban on using federal funds for abortion, except in cases of rape or incest, with his campaign now saying he supports it.

Alabama Democrat on Fetuses: ‘Kill Them Now or You Kill Them Later’

Mikhael Smits
May 1, 2019 9:30 PM

A Democratic state official in Alabama on Wednesday defended abortion as a question of whether "to kill them now" or in "the electric chair" later.

Pelosi: I’ve ‘Always Been for Lowering the Voting Age to 16’

Cameron Cawthorne
March 14, 2019 4:01 PM

Trump: ‘We Will Always Protect Our Country’s Long and Proud Tradition of Faith-Based Adoption’

Jeffrey Cimmino
February 7, 2019 11:01 AM

Admin. Announces Reunification of Most Detained Families

Quarter of children remain separated from parents, most of whom were deported

Charles Fain Lehman
July 27, 2018 1:15 PM

Most but not all of the children over age five separated from their parents by U.S. immigration officials have been reunified as of Thursday night.

The ACLU Is No Longer a Free Speech Organization

Alex Griswold
June 21, 2018 4:23 PM

The American Civil Liberty Union has done a lot of good in this country, imho. I know they’re a favorite target of many conservatives, including my bosses, and I myself would never donate to them (their abortion advocacy being a deal-breaker). But the organization has a long history of standing up for and protecting the constitutional liberties of even unpopular or politically toxic Americans. Or at least it used to.