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Medical Marijuana Passes the Illinois Senate
May 17, 2013 3:01 pm | By Ed Yohnka, Director of Communications & Public Policy
We welcome the passage of House Bill 1 by the Illinois Senate today, creating a pilot project that provides Illinoisans with serious, debilitating illness access to amounts of medical marijuana.... Continue reading
Fairness, knowledge, inclusion
May 15, 2013 10:54 am | By Colleen K. Connell, Executive Director
Cross-posted from The Chicago Tribune Voice of the People, May 15, 2013 One hardly knows where to begin with a columnist like Dennis Byrne (“Traditional values under legal attack,” Commentary,... Continue reading
Patents on Human Genes: A Patient’s Perspective
May 14, 2013 4:47 pm | Posted by Maude Carroll
Read more about the BRCA Supreme Court case, Association for Molecular Pathology v. Myriad Genetics, here.
Mother’s Day is Over – But Pregnancy Discrimination Isn’t
May 14, 2013 4:39 pm | By Vania Leveille, Washington Legislative Office & Lenora M. Lapidus, Women's Rights
Women make up almost half the workforce today, and, if they become pregnant, most will work throughout their pregnancy. Given this reality, you probably think the stories below are works... Continue reading
2013 Bill of Rights Celebration
April 30, 2013 4:20 pm | Posted by Allie Carter
A few photos from the 2013 Bill of Rights Celebration: Many thanks to photographer Dave Waycie.
Remembering Michael McConnell
April 10, 2013 4:39 pm | By Ed Yohnka, Director of Communications & Public Policy
We note with sadness the passing of Michael McConnell, Regional Director of the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC). He died over the weekend after a lengthy illness. Over many years,... Continue reading
Open Letter to Illinois
March 8, 2013 1:27 pm | Posted by Allie Carter
Dear Fellow Illinoisans, We are all plaintiffs seeking the freedom to marry in the two current lawsuits by Lambda Legal and the ACLU of Illinois and like you we are... Continue reading
Defending the contraceptive coverage rule
March 8, 2013 12:47 pm | By Richard Muniz, Reproductive Rights Fellow
Today, the ACLU and the ACLU of Illinois filed a friend-of-the-court brief in two additional appeals challenging the Affordable Care Act’s (“ACA”) contraceptive coverage rule. Our brief urges the Seventh... Continue reading
Testimony on Freedom from Drone Surveillance Act
March 6, 2013 10:27 am | Posted by Allie Carter
On Wednesday, March 6th, ACLU Senior Staff Attorney Adam Schwartz presented testimony to the Illinois Senate Criminal Law Committee on Amendment 1 to Senate Bill 1587 – the Freedom from... Continue reading
Dawn Clark Netsch
March 5, 2013 11:31 am | By Colleen Connell, Executive Director
We note with great sadness the passing of former Illinois Comptroller, former State Senator and former long-time ACLU of Illinois Board member Dawn Clark Netsch, who passed away at her... Continue reading