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

Blog

Why Breastfeeding Rooms Are a Victory for California Students

May 24, 2016

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Education Equity, Reproductive Justice & Gender Equity

Fresno High School has changed a lot since I attended back in the 90s. The new breastfeeding room communicates to parenting teens that they are worthy of our support, our care, and our respect. Read more »

News

ACLU Statement on Gov. Brown’s May Revision

May 13, 2016

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

On May 13, 2016 Gov. Jerry Brown released the May Revision to his proposed 2016-17 state budget. Read more

News

New Report Reveals 1 in 6 U.S. Hospital Beds Are in Catholic Facilities That Prohibit Essential Health Care for Women

May 4, 2016

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Reproductive Justice & Gender Equity

The ACLU and MergerWatch today released reports that reveal that one in six hospital beds in the U.S. is in a facility that prohibit a range of health care services even when a woman’s life or health is in jeopardy. Read more

Case

Chamorro v. Dignity Health (Religious Refusals)

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Reproductive Justice & Gender Equity

The ACLU Foundation of Northern California filed a lawsuit against Dignity Health for the hospital chain’s use of religious directives to deny basic reproductive health care to its patients. The suit argues that withholding pregnancy-related 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 »