Press Releases

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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

One Year After Indiana's Near-Total Abortion Ban: Hoosiers Unite to Defend Reproductive Freedom Ahead of 2024 Elections

Today marks one year since Indiana’s near-total abortion ban was enacted, a significantly devastating milestone in the state’s history.

ACLU of Indiana Sues City of Loogootee For Blocking Pride Festival

The ACLU of Indiana has filed suit against the City of Loogootee, on behalf of the sponsors of PrideFest 2024, after City Council revoked their approval for the Pride event.
Issue Areas: LGBTQ+ Rights

Trial Challenging Unconstitutionally Narrow Exceptions to Abortion Ban Begins Tomorrow in Indiana

We are going to trial this week to broaden and clarify the scope of the unconstitutionally narrow and ambiguous health or life exception to the state’s abortion ban.