The authors of the Declaration of Independence outlined a bold vision for America: a nation in which all people would be free and equal. More than two hundred years later, it has yet to be achieved. Click the heading above for more information.
Religious freedom includes two complementary protections: the right to religious belief and expression and a guarantee that the government will not show preferential treatment to one religion over another. Click the heading above for more information.
The decision to have a child or not belongs to each individual woman, her family, her doctor and no one else. But laws that make it difficult if not impossible for a woman to get an abortion if she needs one are increasing. Click the heading above for more information.
The ACLU Campaign for Smart Justice is an unprecedented, multiyear effort to reduce the U.S. jail and prison population by 50% and to combat racial disparities in the criminal justice system. Click the heading above for more information.
Far too often the rights of students are overlooked when it comes to the constitution. At the ACLU of Indiana we have represented student’s First Amendment rights in the courts, defending their right free speech and to privacy. Click the heading above for more information.
Through litigation and advocacy, the ACLU is fighting back against attempts to curtail an essential right in our democracy, the right to vote. Click the heading above for more information.