Press Releases

ACLU Of Illinois Responds To Governor Pritzker And Legislative Leaders Call To Delay Special Session On Abortion Rights

Governor Pritzker and legislative leaders announced that they will not call a special session of the Illinois General Assembly this week to address measures Illinois can take in response to the Supreme Court overturning the landmark decision recognizing abortion in Roe v. Wade.

ACLU of Illinois Responds to Supreme Court Ruling Striking Down Right to Abortion

This Supreme Court this morning recklessly stripped the constitutional right to abortion recognized in Roe v. Wade from millions of people in this country. People in nearly half of the states across the country are likely to lose the right to make fundamental decisions over their own body very soon.

ACLU Of Illinois Responds to Reinstatement of Permit for Aurora Pride Parade

Earlier today, the City of Aurora notified our clients Aurora Pride that their permit for a Pride Parade on Sunday, June 12 has been reinstated.

In Landmark Settlement, Federal Bureau of Prisons Agrees to Provide First-Ever Gender-Affirming Surgery

Cristina Nichole Iglesias will become the first person to receive gender-affirming surgery while in federal custody under a landmark settlement agreement approved on Tuesday by a federal court in Illinois.
Issue Areas: LGBTQ and HIV Advocacy

Illinois Expands Access to Abortion Care, Ends Enforcement of Parental Notice Law

Abortion access in Illinois expanded today with the end of the Parental Notice of Abortion (PNA) law.

Chicago Latina files lawsuit against Chicago Police challenging false arrest and City’s failure to take abusive officers off the streets

Chicago police are accused of unlawfully arresting Julie Campos, a Southside Latina resident—who was 19 years old at the time—at her place of employment, a Family Dollar store located on East 79th Street.

ACLU of Illinois Responds to Passage of Ill-Considered Curfew Measure by Chicago City Council

Earlier today, the Chicago City Council adopted a hurried measure changing the curfew laws for young people all across the City.

ACLU Responds to Mayor’s Misguided Executive Order on Curfews in Chicago

Mayor Lori Lightfoot issued an executive order changing Chicago’s curfew laws without input or a vote in City Council.

ACLU Asks Chicago for Legal Justification, Plans for Implementing New Curfew Rules Ordered by Mayor

The City’s Corporation Counsel is being asked to justify, identify or explain the authority and procedures that Chicago police intend to use to enforce draconian new curfew measures publicly outlined by Mayor Lori Lightfoot in recent days.