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Defending Vulnerable Teens

On Thursday, April 14th, lawyers for the American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois Reproductive Rights Project will appear in the Illinois Appellate Court (First Judicial District) in Chicago to argue the case of

April 14, 2011

Proviso East student successfully challenges policy prohibiting young women from wearing tuxedos to prom

CHICAGO – Little less than a year after a young Mississippi woman captured national headlines successfully challenging a local school policy that denied her ability to wear a tuxedo to a public high scho

April 1, 2011

Illinois Residents Gather to Express Outrage At Anti-Abortion Bills in House Agricultural Committee

Updated to Add Tuesday, March 15th, 3:15 p.m. - HB 3156 was passed out of the Agriculture Committee on a 13-0 vote, over opposition from the ACLU of Illinois. HB 1919 was not called for consideration before the committee adjourned.

March 15, 2011

Illinois Governor signs historic measure ending broken death penalty system

CHICAGO – With the stroke of his pen, Illinois Governor Pat Quinn today ended the embarrassment caused the state by a broken, dysfunctional and dangerous death penalty system -- a system that had seen 20 men exonerated and released over the past several years.

March 9, 2011

Illinois House takes up radical anti-abortion agenda items this week

Updated to Add: Tuesday, March 8th - The House Agriculture Committee adjourned today after a two hour hearing. The three anti-choice bills discussed below were not called. We believe they will be called next week.

March 7, 2011

Chicago's Video Surveillance Camera System: Growing and Unregulated

CHICAGO - With early voting already underway in the mayoral and aldermanic elections, the American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois called on the new city government to adopt a moratorium on the placement of new surveillance cameras in the City of Chicago.

February 8, 2011