ACLU of Kansas in the News

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Feb 18, 2025

Trans minors in Kansas will no longer have access to care after Legislature overrides veto

LGBTQ+ Rights
In a joint press release, Loud Light, the ACLU of Kansas, Kansas Interfaith Action and several other pro-LGBTQ+ rights groups condemned the veto override and vowed to connect trans youth and their families...
In a joint press release, Loud Light, the ACLU of Kansas, Kansas Interfaith Action and several other pro-LGBTQ+ rights groups condemned the veto override and vowed to connect trans youth and their families...
trans healthcare
trans healthcare
Feb 16, 2025

'Trepidation and fear': How Topekans are handling changing immigration climate

Immigrants' Rights
"There are millions of people whose parents and grandparents were born in this country but born of immigrant parents," Kubic said. "So, the citizenship of millions and millions more people could...
"There are millions of people whose parents and grandparents were born in this country but born of immigrant parents," Kubic said. "So, the citizenship of millions and millions more people could...
immigration
immigration
Feb 11, 2025

Legal groups and ACLU decry proposed partisan elections of Kansas Supreme Court

The American Civil Liberties Union of Kansas called a proposed constitutional amendment that reforms the state's Supreme Court to directly elect justices a "blatant power grab" in light of past...
The American Civil Liberties Union of Kansas called a proposed constitutional amendment that reforms the state's Supreme Court to directly elect justices a "blatant power grab" in light of past...
Kobach
Kobach
Feb 11, 2025

Republicans push election of justices, politicizing the Kansas Supreme Court process. | Opinion

On Monday, the ACLU of Kansas called the new proposal a “power grab” by “increasingly radicalized Kansas politicians.”
On Monday, the ACLU of Kansas called the new proposal a “power grab” by “increasingly radicalized Kansas politicians.”
SC
SC
Feb 8, 2025

Kansas ACLU concerned about ICE's plans for Leavenworth detention center

Immigrants' Rights
The director of the Kansas ACLU says more people need to be aware of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency's proposal to open a privately-run detention facility in Leavenworth, Kansas.
The director of the Kansas ACLU says more people need to be aware of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency's proposal to open a privately-run detention facility in Leavenworth, Kansas.
ICE
ICE
Feb 6, 2025

Transgender KC residents fear attacks from both sides of state line: ‘Where do we go now?’

LGBTQ+ Rights
All told, Missouri lawmakers have filed 32 anti-LGBTQ bills this year, among the most in the nation, according to a database from the American Civil Liberties Union that tracks legislation nationwide.
All told, Missouri lawmakers have filed 32 anti-LGBTQ bills this year, among the most in the nation, according to a database from the American Civil Liberties Union that tracks legislation nationwide.
KC
KC