News & Commentary

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. 

An attorney with extensive experience litigating in federal and state court and community organizing has been selected as the next Legal Director of the ACLU of Kentucky.

Under a Joint Consent Order, Kentucky's new D&E Abortion Ban is blocked from enforcement.