Press Releases

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Mar 27, 2023

Press Advisory: Georgia Supreme Court to Hold Oral Arguments in Challenge to Six-Week Abortion Ban Tomorrow

The Georgia Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on Tuesday, March 28 in SisterSong Women of Color Reproductive Justice Collective v. State of Georgia.
Mar 24, 2023

Press Release: ACLU of Georgia Policy Director Joins Public Safety Training Center Task Force in Response to Growing Number of Domestic Terrorism Arrests

The ACLU of Georgia has joined the City of Atlanta’s South River Forest and Public Safety Training Center Community Task Force. Policy and Advocacy Director Christopher Bruce will serve on the task force alongside 40 organizations and community partners. 
Mar 23, 2023

Press Statement: ACLU of Georgia Responds to Governor Kemp’s Signing SB 140 into Law

The ACLU of Georgia releases the following statement following Gov. Brian Kemp’s signing of Senate Bill 140 into law today.
Issue Areas: LGBTQ+ Rights
Mar 21, 2023

Press Release: ACLU of Georgia to Sue the State if Governor Kemp does not Veto SB 140

The ACLU of Georgia will sue the state if Governor Brian Kemp signs Senate Bill 140 into law. Courts around the country have already stopped similar laws from going into effect on constitutional grounds, and we expect Georgia courts would do the same.
Issue Areas: LGBTQ+ Rights
Mar 16, 2023

Press Release: Georgia Lawmakers Threaten the Rights and Lives of Trans Youth by Voting to Ban Their Health Care

Ignoring the warnings of parents, medical providers, and transgender youth themselves, Georgia’s House of Representatives advanced a bill today that would ban gender-affirming health care for anyone under 18.
Issue Areas: LGBTQ+ Rights
Mar 02, 2023

Press Release: ACLU of Georgia Opposes Anti-Voter Bills of the 2023 Legislative Session

An anti-voting bill passed this week by a senate ethics committee fits a yearslong pattern of lawmakers introducing legislation aimed at diminishing the power of targeted groups of voters.
Issue Areas: Voter Rights
Feb 14, 2023

Press Advisory: ACLU of Georgia Policy Advocate To Testify Today on SB 88

Sarah Hunt-Blackwell, ACLU of Georgia Policy Advocate testifying on Senate Bill 88 (the Parents and Children Protection Act of 2023) at the Senate Education & Youth Committee meeting
Jan 06, 2023

Press Statement: ACLU Of Georgia Highlights S.C. Supreme Court’s Decision On The State’s Six-Week Abortion Ban

Yesterday the South Carolina Supreme Court struck down the state’s six-week abortion ban, finding that the ban violated the right to privacy under South Carolina’s constitution.
Issue Areas: Reproductive Freedom
Dec 15, 2022

Press Release: Civil Rights Organizations Dismiss Covid Lawsuit; Advocate For Depopulation Of Crowded And Dangerous Clayton County Jail

Today, the Southern Center for Human Rights and the ACLU of Georgia moved to dismiss Jones v. Hill, a lawsuit about COVID precautions filed on behalf of people detained in the Clayton County Jail.
Issue Areas: Criminal Legal Reform