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In response to Missouri Attorney General Andrew Baily’s proposed emergency rule restricting access to gender-affirming care,  the ACLU of Missouri issued the following statement...

If anti-abortion politicians think they can push laws to criminalize abortion without a fight, they are sorely mistaken.

The disability rights pioneer passed away on March 4. Her work inspired a generation of activists.

From our early feminist founders to trailblazing clients and lawyers, the ACLU’s history has been entwined with women’s rights since the very beginning.

The Missouri ACLU filed a lawsuit in the Circuit Court of Jackson County on behalf of the Missouri Association of School Librarians and the Missouri Library Association challenging the government censorship law that caused school districts across the state to order the removal of hundreds of titles

We talked to the author of one of the most banned books in the country about the unique power of books and why Black queer voices are so threatening to those trying to silence them.

La Coalición de Política de Inmigración de Missouri (Missouri Immigration Policy Coalition- MIPC) se opone a la resolución conjunta HJR43. MIPC es una red no-partidaria de organizaciones defensoras de los inmigrantes que trabajan para impulsar los derechos de los inmigrantes.

‘The history of providing defense counsel for indigent defendants in Missouri is replete with claims of inadequate resources’

The battle for civil rights continues to this day. Here are some of the Black leaders who laid the groundwork — and those carrying the fight for true equality into the future.