Marsha, a black drag queen, and Sylvia a Latinx transgender woman. The pioneering activists of the Stonewall Inn include Marsha P Johnson and Sylvia Rivera. It was the first-time queer communities fought back against the regular police raids on the city’s gay bars and clubs. The weekend of rioting is acknowledged as the birthplace of the modern gay liberation movement. These celebrations mark the anniversary of the Stonewall riots, which began outside the Stonewall Inn, Greenwich Village, in New York City in late June 1969. The ACLU works hard to defend religious liberty, but religious liberty doesn’t include the right to deny someone else health care services they need.The silhouette of a person seen through a semi-transparent LGBT+ pride flag which they are holding up in front of themselves in the sunshine.Įvery year, throughout June, there are gay pride festivals and events across the world. In too many places, Catholic bishops, not doctors, are making medical decisions for people. With increasing frequency, people are being denied reproductive health services, including birth control, abortions, and even basic information and refusals, based on a health care institution’s religious objections. Using Religion to Put People’s Health at Risk (Campaign) Here’s what you need to know about these dangerous abortion restrictions. Leading medical groups say TRAP (Targeted Regulation of Abortion Providers) laws, which are cloaked in the deceptive language of people’s health, actually put people at risk by shutting down health centers where people can get safe and legal abortions. Targeted Regulation of Abortion Providers: How Sneaky Laws Are Forcing Quality Health Care Providers to Close Down (Campaign) Read more about efforts to use the courts to protect people’s access to abortion and other reproductive health services here. In the Courts: ACLU Reproductive Health, Rights, and Justice Cases
Read the most recent updates on extreme bills that would rob people of the ability to make personal decisions about pregnancy free from political interference. In the States: Legislative Attacks on Abortion Here’s important information on the federal legislation we’re watching. Shifts in the power structure of Congress have led to promises to strip away access to reproductive health care, especially abortion.
Our work focuses on a range of issues, including protecting access to affordable contraception, protecting a person’s ability to make personal, private decisions about pregnancy and abortion, and fighting pregnancy discrimination. With your help, the ACLU stands ready to block efforts to take this decision away from people and their families. Through litigation, advocacy, and public education, we strive to ensure that every person has the opportunity to make a real decision and the ability to get the care they need. Extremist politicians continue to work to shut down people’s health centers, cut off access to affordable birth control, and shame people who have abortions. Since 2011, states have enacted more restrictions to abortion than they did in the previous 10 years combined. But laws that make it difficult if not impossible for a person to get an abortion if they need one, particularly if they are poor, are increasing at an alarming pace. Yet some politicians remain obsessed with interfering.Ībortion is one of the most common medical procedures performed today, and it’s incredibly safe. A decision about having a baby or having an abortion is a deeply personal, private decision best left to a person, their family, and their doctor.