Explore The Issues

The ACLU protects freedom of speech, assembly, association, petition, and press, including when we vehemently disagree with the message.

The ACLU fights to redress the harmful and unconstitutional effects of broken government systems on vulnerable Illinois youth.

We fight to secure the basic human right to bodily autonomy and access to the full range of reproductive health care for all.

The ACLU works to ensure equal opportunity, without regard to race, and opposes government and private sector discrimination.

The ACLU protects the free exercise of religion, and opposes government endorsement of and aid to religion.

The ACLU fights for an Illinois free from discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity.

The ACLU protects people from unreasonable government surveillance.

The ACLU protects the rights of people accused of crimes, who must be presumed innocent until proven guilty.

The ACLU opposes federal, state, and local programs that, in the name of national security, invade civil liberties.

We oppose the broken death penalty system & support making permanent the moratorium on executions in Illinois.

The ACLU works to ensure that non-citizens enjoy our Constitution’s fundamental guarantees of due process and equal protection.

The ACLU uses the Illinois Freedom of Information Act to gather information about whether government is violating our civil liberties.

The ACLU protects civilians from unlawful searches and detentions, and targeting on the basis of race, ethnicity, or political belief.

The ACLU protects our personal privacy from government use of cutting-edge technologies to build a surveillance society.

The ACLU fights to ensure that everyone, regardless of their abilities or disabilities, has the right to privacy and bodily integrity.

Fighting to end discrimination against people in Illinois with HIV/AIDS.

The ACLU protects the right to vote, which undergirds all of our other rights.

The ACLU works to systematically end sex discrimination and ensure that all women and girls are able to lead lives of dignity.