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ACLU of Arkansas to Defend Women and Families at the State House This Week
Little Rock – The ACLU of Arkansas and other advocates of women’s health will be defending Arkansan women and families at the state house this week.
Arkansas' War on Women Final Report: The 2011 Legislative Session
This session the ACLU of Arkansas and it's coalition members, especially Planned Parenthood, and Arkansas NOW, successfully held the tide against 14 measures that threatened reproductive freedom and would have negatively impacted women's health.
Pro-Choice Action Needed!
Please call every member on the Public Health, Welfare and Labor Committee before Tuesday.
The Arkansas Legislature’s War on Women Wages on:
Opponents' of Women's Health and Autonomy Make Gains in State Senate, Suffer Losses in House
Arkansas’s War on Women
This session Arkansans can expect a flurry of bills threatening reproductive rights, privacy, and women's health.
Vote NO on SB 113 by Sen. C. Bledsoe – Abortion Insurance Exchange Ban
What the bill does:
ACLU of Arkansas Recognizes Work of Activist For Gay and Lesbian Youth, Carolyn Wagner
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEJanuary 20, 2011
ACLU of Arkansas Names New Staff Attorney Holly Dickson
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE?May 12, 2006CONTACT: Rita Sklar, 501-374-2660Little Rock – ACLU of Arkansas executive director Rita Sklar announced today that Little Rock attorney Holly Dickson would join the ACLU staff June 1.Mrs. Dickson is a native of Batesville, Arkansas. She studied political science and criminal justice at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock and earned her Juris Doctorate with honors from the University of Little Rock William H. Bowen School of Law. Dickson has served in private practice in Little Rock for the past seven years, and has represented clients in cases involving civil and constitutional rights. “I’m looking forward to assisting Director Sklar in carrying out the mission of the ACLU.”“I’m looking forward to working with Holly because of her experience, her skills, and, most of all, her ‘fire in the belly,’ as we say, for defending the Constitution. At a time when Americans just aren’t sure whether the government is listening to our phone calls or entering our homes without a warrant, we all need to safeguard our liberty with vigilance. With our growing network of volunteer attorneys, I am confident Holly Dickson will expand our ability to keep the people of Arkansas free from government abuse of power.”As staff attorney, Dickson will aid the ACLU in its advocacy, litigation, education, and legislative activities.
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