Press Releases

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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

Judge Finds Indiana Law Banning Gender-Affirming Care in Prisons Likely Unconstitutional

Today marks a significant victory for transgender individuals in Indiana’s prisons
Issue Areas: LGBTQ+ Rights

ACLU of Indiana Sues Over SEA 202, Arguing Law Violates Professors' Free Speech Rights

We believe these policies infringe upon faculty members’ free speech and academic freedom, violating the First and Fourteenth Amendments to the Constitution.
Issue Areas: Free Speech

Indiana Circuit Court Declines to Broaden Exception to Dangerously Restrictive Abortion Ban

An Indiana circuit court ruled against abortion providers and a pregnancy resource center and declined to broaden and clarify the scope of the ban’s narrow and ambiguous health and life exception.

ACLU of Indiana Sues Indiana University Over Expressive Activity Policy

The ACLU of Indiana today filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court on behalf of ten plaintiffs challenging Indiana University’s new “Expressive Activity Policy.”

Loogootee PrideFest Is a Go in Heart of Town

The Loogootee City Council approved a permit for PrideFest 2024 to take place at the Public Square in downtown Loogootee, after previously denying the permit.
Issue Areas: LGBTQ+ Rights