Women's Rights

Civil Liberties Minute: Ultrasounds
Ultrasounds have become a weapon for groups that seek to undermine a woman's right to reproductive choice. But has that weapon worked?

Civil Liberties Minute: DNA
Open your mouth, stick out your tongue, and say ... DNA.

Civil Liberties Minute: Oklahoma Wind
"Oklahoma where the wind comes sweeping down the plain." You might want to reconsider that bucolic view of that heartland state, in view of the anti-abortion laws that its legislature has just passed over the Governor's veto.

Civil Liberties Minute: Dr. George Tiller
You might have thought that the conviction of the man who murdered Dr. George Tiller, a doctor who performed abortions in Nebraska, would have caused the abortion wars in America to abate. But you'd be wrong.

Civil Liberties Minute: 40 Years Ago
If you are 40-years or older, I'm not saying this is a related fact, but you were born in a time when birth control was illegal.

ACLU First Amendment Minute: The "Other" Don't Ask, Don't Tell
The United States Military has one "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy that you might not know about. It's the Military's policy on rape.

ACLU First Amendment Minute: Giving Birth in Shackles
Here's a question: A pregnant woman commits a crime and is sentenced to jail. How many states allow the woman to be shackled to the railings of her bed while delivering her baby? 7? 10? 14? 21?

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