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The Supreme Court just issued a mixed ruling on two Indiana abortion restrictions. Here's what happened.
Indiana wanted to ban abortion based on someone's reason for deciding to end a pregnancy.

Today the Supreme Court thankfully declined to review a ruling that this ban was unconstitutional.

You should have the power to decide you need an abortion, no matter the reason.
Indiana also passed a law requiring fetal tissue from an abortion or miscarriage to be buried or cremated. Though the lower court held that this was also unconstitutional, today the Supreme Court reversed that decision, letting another unwarranted restriction on abortion stand.
Whether it's a total ban or a law designed to shut down clinics, politicians are lining up to decimate access to abortion.

We will continue our fight to ensure that every person who needs an abortion can get one — without shame, stigma, or unnecessary obstacles.
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BREAKING: We just won our motion on behalf of the @SierraClub and @SBCCoalition to block the illegal construction of Trump’s border wall.

Construction using money illegally diverted under the president’s emergency declaration was set to begin as soon as tomorrow.
This is a win for our system of checks and balances, the rule of law, and border communities.

The court blocked all wall projects currently slated for immediate construction.

If the Trump administration begins illegally diverting additional funds, we'll be back in court.
Saying it louder for the people in the back: A federal court just blocked the illegal wall construction.
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Two nights ago, an armed civilian militia organization describing itself as the “United Constitutional Patriots” arrested nearly 300 people seeking safety here, including young children, in New Mexico. Other videos appear to show even more recent arrests.
The vigilante members of the organization, who posted videos and photographs of the unlawful arrests, are not police or law enforcement and they have no authority under state or federal law to detain or arrest migrants.
The Trump administration has emboldened white nationalists to flagrantly violate the law.

This has no place in our country — we cannot allow armed civilians to kidnap and detain people seeking asylum.

@ACLUNM is urging the governor to immediately investigate.
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📣 Critical update in our family separation litigation:

Today we filed our response to the Trump administration's proposal that allows it up to 2 YEARS just to identify the potentially thousands more children it separated from their parents.

Everything about its plan is flawed.
Let’s be clear: These children were separated from their parents at least 10 months ago — before June 26, 2018.

The government's suggestion that these families can afford to wait years to be reunited shows a callous disregard for their wellbeing and should be rejected.
The government swiftly gathered resources to tear families apart. It MUST do the same to fix the damage.

We believe this work can be done in three months and we’re asking the judge to order the government to do so.
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Franchise Tax Board v Hyatt is the sleeper abortion case you have not heard about. Because, of course, it is not about #abortion.

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Marilia Coutinho, Ph.D. , the #BaffledImmigrant
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1 / Let's talk about #abortion - the ugly, murderous side of criminalizing abortions. I will tell stories. Today, I'll tell the story of Adelina (not her real name). We were 17 - she and I. I got a call late at night: "she's dead. It's your fault".
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We really need to talk more about #abortion as an option for women.
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