Reproductive Justice & Gender Equity

The ACLU works toward a California that is free of gender discrimination and that respects, values, and supports all Californians’ decisions about intimate relationships and reproduction.

Resources for quality sex education. Read More

A guide for free & low-cost sexual health care in CA Learn more

Abortion access on college campuses (SB 24). Read More

Lawsuit against Catholic hospitals for refusing care. Read More

News

California Medical Association Files to Join ACLU Suit Against Dignity Health

April 27, 2016

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Reproductive Justice & Gender Equity

The California Medical Association, representing more than 41,000 doctors, filed to join the ACLU’s suit against Dignity Health for using religious directives to deny patients basic reproductive health care. Read more

Legislation

Repeal the Maximum Family Grant Rule (SB 23)

Issues :

Economic Justice, Racial Justice, Reproductive Justice & Gender Equity

SB 23 will repeal California’s policy of denying financial support to babies born while their families are receiving CalWORKs basic needs grants.Read more »

Blog

On Government Abuse, Democracy, and Poverty... California Has a Long Way to Go

March 21, 2016

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Criminal Justice and Drug Policy, Education Equity, Immigrants' Rights, Racial Justice, Reproductive Justice & Gender Equity

Bills sponsored by the ACLU of California would help move us forward. Every year, the ACLU of California sponsors several bills in the California Legislature. What does it mean to sponsor a bill? In most cases, it means we have collaborated with... Read more »

Events

San Francisco Screening: TRAPPED

March 18, 2016 - 7:30pm

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Reproductive Justice & Gender Equity

Join us at a San Francisco screening this Friday night of TRAPPED, a new documentary about restrictive laws targeting abortion providers (TRAP laws, as they’re known). It features providers in Texas, Mississippi, and Alabama. Read more

Blog

Can Government-Funded Hospitals Serving the Public Invoke Religious Directives to Deny Basic Healthcare to Women?

January 25, 2016

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Reproductive Justice & Gender Equity

The answer should be "no." Yet that's the issue in a case the ACLU recently filed in California. Read more »

Blog

Making the Great State of California Even Greater

January 22, 2016

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Criminal Justice and Drug Policy, Economic Justice, Racial Justice, Reproductive Justice & Gender Equity

In his 2016 State of the State speech, Gov. Jerry Brown failed to mention a critical dimension to economic inequality in California: racial inequality. People of color are uniquely impacted by government policies that fall most heavily on the poor,... Read more »

Blog

How "Evil" is Getting Your Tubes Tied, Really?

January 20, 2016

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Reproductive Justice & Gender Equity

Rebecca's doctor said yes. Her hospital said no. The hospital didn't say the procedure wasn't safe. The hospital said the procedure violated its ethical and religious principles. Read more »

News

ACLU of CA Report Finds Reproductive Health Abuses in California Jails

January 19, 2016

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Criminal Justice and Drug Policy, Reproductive Justice & Gender Equity

The ACLU of California today released a report that finds county jails are putting people’s health at risk by denying, delaying, and ignoring crucial reproductive health care. Read more

Reproductive Health Behind Bars in California

Know Your Rights: Reproductive Health Care in California Jails

Issues :

Criminal Justice and Drug Policy, Reproductive Justice & Gender Equity

California has some of the strongest laws in the country that guarantee your right to obtain sexual and reproductive health care. Being in jail does not mean you lose those rights, and you have the right to obtain the reproductive health care you... Read more

Publication

Reproductive Health Behind Bars in California

California jails are required by law to protect the reproductive health of the people in their care. But across the state, we’re seeing that accessing reproductive health care becomes a frightening and traumatic experience for incarcerated people. A... Read more »