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Chicago Foundation for Women awards more than half a million dollars to local nonprofit programs to improve women and girls' access to health and health information, and ensure they remain free from violence.
In the wake of the tragedies in Dallas, Baton Rouge and Falcon Heights, Minnesota this week, the American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois issued the following statement:
The following statement can be attributed to ACLU of Illinois Executive Director Colleen K. Connell:
This morning, the United States Supreme Court, in a 5-3 decision, struck down two Texas laws that sought to limit all meaningful access to abortion care in the state by imposing medically unnecessary and burdensome requirements on abortion providers.
Today the Chicago City Council approved an amendment to remove a provision in the Chicago Human Rights Ordinance (HRO) that requires patrons to show a government-issued ID upon request to access public accommodations that are private in nature, including bathrooms.
Earlier today, U.S. District Court Judge Jorge Alonso granted a motion filed by the American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois on behalf of Student A and two other transgender students, as well as the Illinois Safe School Alliance, to intervene in the case brought against the U.S.