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Arkansans Abortion Rights are Under Attack.
The 2021 Arkansas state legislature has made an unprecedented attack on our reproductive rights. Earlier this year, Arkansas passed the highest number of abortion restrictions by any state in a single year since 1978, when Louisiana passed 20 restrictions. Then, the Texas legislature passed SB8, a bill ultimately taking away all access to abortion. Now, states across the nation have followed suit in threatening our rights with similarly extreme bills, including in Arkansas.
Redistrict on fairness, not politics
By Holly Dickson, ACLU of Arkansas Executive Director
Speaking Out for Trans Kids Cost Casey Copeland His State Contract. We’re Suing.
The right to petition our government is one of the core freedoms enshrined by the First Amendment. That’s why we filed suit on behalf of state court system contract attorney Casey Copeland who lost his state contract after contacting his state legislator to express his opinion on a bill that would bar transgender youth from receiving gender affirming health care.
We’re Suing Arkansas Over its Ban on Health Care for Trans Youth
In a year that has seen many horrific attacks on transgender people, among the cruelest and most dangerous is Arkansas’ new law that bans gender-affirming care for trans youth. If it goes into effect in July, this law will cause catastrophic harms to transgender youth.
Arkansas is Opening Up Absentee Voting in the March 31st Runoffs: Here’s How to Make Your Voice Heard
The spread of the COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in unprecedented but necessary changes to our lives. Social distancing and isolation are the best ways we can slow down the spread of the virus, by avoiding public places as much as possible.
When Colleges Confine Free Speech to a ‘Zone,’ It Isn’t Free
On certain college campuses, administrators have created “Free Speech Zones” — spaces where people are allowed to speak, protest, or gather signatures for causes they believe in. While it may sound like these zones are designed to promote speech, they actually do the opposite by confining political expression to designated areas, often in out-of-the-way locations on campus.
Arkansas’s Reckless Plan to Execute 8 Men in 10 Days Could End in State-Sanctioned Torture Before Death
After killing no prisoners in the last 12 years, Arkansas plans on doing what should be inconceivable: executing eight prisoners in ten days. The state is rushing to execute these eight men before the controversial execution drug it needs to carry them out expires on April 30.
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