News & Commentary

Following a three-day trial in September 2017, during which experts and abortion providers testified to the devastating impact of shutting down Kentucky’s last abortion clinic, a federal district court struck down a Kentucky law that would have effectively banned abortion in the Commonwealth. This decision keeps open the doors of the only health center in Kentucky that provides safe and legal abortion care, EMW Women’s Surgical Center. The decision also paves the way for Planned Parenthood of Indiana and Kentucky (PPINK) to expand access to safe, legal abortion in Kentucky.

The Kentucky Smart on Crime Coalition (KY SOC) announces the addition of three new coalition members: Kentucky Association of Sexual Assault Programs, Inc., Kentucky Coalition Against Domestic Violence, and Volunteers of America Mid-States, Inc.

It is back to school time in the Commonwealth, and the American Civil Liberties Union of Kentucky (ACLU-KY) is reminding students and parents of their constitutional rights when taking elective “Bible Literacy” courses in Kentucky’s public schools.

With a unanimous vote August 9, 2018 Maysville (population 8,866) became the tenth Kentucky city to adopt a Fairness Ordinance, prohibiting discrimination in employment, housing, and public accommodations based on sexual orientation and gender identity, protecting all LGBTQ people. Situated on the banks of the Ohio River in northeastern Kentucky, Maysville is the hometown of popular singer and actress Rosemary Clooney and George Clooney's father, Nick Clooney.

Kentuckians shouldn't have to choose between a healthy pregnancy and their job! Have you ever experienced an obstacle at work because of your pregnancy? Are you an employer that made accomodations for pregnant employees or employees that were breastfeeding or pumping breast milk?  Tell us about it.  Sharing your story will help us as we work to pass the Pregnant Workers Rights Act.  

In a victory for government accountability and transparency, a judge has ruled Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government (LFUCG) must release documents relating to 29 surveillance cameras owned and operated by the Lexington Police Department (“LPD”).

A trial has been scheduled for November 13, 2018 in our lawsuit to block Kentucky's new D&E Abortion Ban law. 

In a victory for government accountability and transparency, a judge has ruled that the University of Louisville must release documents to the public related to its self-imposed postseason basketball ban.

Read the Spring 2018 edition of The Torch, the ACLU of Kentucky's newsletter.