Press Releases

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ACLU of Indiana Files Lawsuit on Behalf of Transgender People Seeking Accurate Birth Certificates

The ACLU of Indiana filed a class action lawsuit challenging Governor Mike Braun’s efforts to deny transgender Hoosiers the ability to update the gender markers on their birth certificates.
Issue Areas: LGBTQ+ Rights

ACLU of Indiana Sues Indiana State University for Blocking Pride Festival

The ACLU of Indiana filed suit against Indiana State University on behalf of The Pride Center of Terre Haute. Asserting that ISU is violating the First Amendment rights of The Pride Center, the suit asks the court to order ISU to allow The Pride Center to hold Pride Fest 2025 on campus.
Issue Areas: LGBTQ+ Rights

ACLU of Indiana Opposes State Backtracking on Fairness

The Senate Judiciary Committee passed SB 289 placing increased burdens on state agencies and educational diversity programs and SB 235 eliminating DEI programs in state agencies and public universities.

ACLU of Indiana Opposes Attacks on Constitutional Rights of Hoosier Minors

We oppose the Senate Judiciary Committee passage of SB 11 regarding minor access to social media and SB 143 regarding parental rights.

ACLU of Indiana and American Civil Liberties Union Request En Banc Review in Challenge to Indiana’s Ban on Care for Transgender Youth

The ACLU of Indiana with the American Civil Liberties Union requested en banc review of its recent 2-1 decision reversing a preliminary injunction that had been entered against SEA 480, the Indiana statute banning gender-affirming medical care.
Issue Areas: LGBTQ+ Rights

State Supreme Court Allows Preliminary Injunction to Stand in ACLU of Indiana’s Challenge to Abortion Law Based on Religious Beliefs

The Indiana Supreme Court allowed a preliminary injunction to stand against Senate Enrolled Act 1 (SEA 1), Indiana’s near-total abortion ban, for plaintiffs whose sincerely held religious beliefs would require them to terminate a pregnancy under circumstances prohibited by the ban. 

Federal Judge Finds Indiana DHS Likely Discriminated Against Group Home

A judge granted the ACLU of Indiana’s request for a preliminary injunction against the Indiana Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on behalf of Next Step Recovery Homes (Next Step).

Appeal Filed in Indiana Abortion Case

We filed an appeal of a circuit court ruling that last month denied a request to expand and clarify the limited and ambiguous health and life exception to Indiana’s criminal abortion ban.

Seventh Circuit to Hear Arguments in ACLU of Indiana’s Challenge to State’s “25-Foot Law”

The case challenges Indiana’s 25-foot “encroachment” law on the basis that it violates Hoosiers’ first amendment right to observe and record the police. 
Issue Areas: Free Speech, Policing