Press Releases
Jun 22, 2016
ÀÏ°ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û Calls on Senate to Abandon Pursuit of Vote to Expand Patriot Act Provisions That Allow Warrantless Surveillance
Sen. McConnell Could Call for Second Vote to Pass Patriot Act Expansion
Issue Areas:
National Security
Jun 22, 2016
ÀÏ°ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û Statement on Obama Administration Affirmation of Women’s Access to Abortion
WASHINGTON — The Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Civil Rights yesterday dismissed complaints regarding California’s requirement that all group health insur...
Issue Areas:
Reproductive Freedom
Jun 22, 2016
Court Affirms Public Hospitals Must Comply with Reproductive Privacy Act
SEATTLE — Public hospitals in Washington that provide maternity services must also provide abortions, according to a Skagit Valley Superior Court decision released yesterday.
The...
Issue Areas:
Reproductive Freedom
Jun 17, 2016
Federal Appeals Court Hears Tamesha Means’s Case, Woman Denied Emergency Medical Care Because Of Hospital’s Religious Directives
CINCINNATI — A federal appeals court will today hear a case brought by the ÀÏ°ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û on behalf of Tamesha Means, a pregnant woman who was denied emergency me...
Issue Areas:
Reproductive Freedom
Jun 16, 2016
Guantánamo Transcripts Give Firsthand Accounts of CIA Torture
Pentagon Releases Tribunal Records in ÀÏ°ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û Lawsuit
Issue Areas:
National Security
Jun 16, 2016
ÀÏ°ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û Comment on Texas Refugee Resettlement Ruling
DALLAS — A federal court has dismissed Texas’ effort to block the federal government and a nonprofit relief organization from resettling Syrian refugees in the state. The Ameri...
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
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