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Transgender teens challenge Kansas law banning gender-affirming care for minors
ACLU sues over Kansas law banning gender-affirming care for minors
Latest Press Releases
ICE Detainees and Civil Rights Organizations Raise Alarm Over Conditions and Violations of Immigrants’ Rights at Federal Facility in Leavenworth
Immigrants detained at the Federal Correctional Institution Leavenworth (FCI) currently face a number of problematic and unlawful conditions, and a significant number of people detained at FCI Leavenworth...
Families Challenge Kansas Ban On Medical Care for Transgender Adolescents
Two transgender adolescents and their parents have filed a challenge in Kansas state court against SB 63, a law passed earlier this year prohibiting access to gender-affirming medical treatments for...
ACLU of Kansas reacts to state legislature’s attack on right to vote
Just last week this same body claimed we must subject the Supreme Court to partisan elections in order to hear from voters—and yet today they silence those same voters by passing SB 4 into law.
REPRESENT! RECLAIMING OUR VOTE AND RESTORING OUR DEMOCRACY
The constitutional right to vote is the heart of our democracy and system of governance. The right to vote is the vehicle through which a citizen has a voice in selecting and holding accountable those in power. We should make it easier, not harder, for all eligible Kansans to vote.
In the courts
Progeny et al v. City of Wichita et al
On April 15, 2021 the ACLU of Kansas and Kansas Appleseed filed a class-action lawsuit against the City of Wichita, challenging the Wichita Police Department's use of a "gang" list.
