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LGBTQIA+ Equality

Anti-Transgender Legislation to Watch Out For

Now that the legislature has successfully passed a damaging abortion ban, we’re bracing for a renewed effort to target LGBTQ North Carolinians. The legislature has pushed forward several bills targeting...

Reproductive Justice

What Will Change Under SB20?

The NC General Assembly recently voted to override Gov. Cooper’s veto of Senate Bill 20, a bill that bans abortion after 12 weeks of pregnancy with narrow exceptions and implements harsh new restrictions on...

Women's Rights

A Women’s History of the ACLU

This women’s history month, we’re taking a look at our own history and how women have played a central, formative role in our ongoing work to protect civil liberties and create a more perfect union.

Press Releases & News

May 16, 2023

12 Week Abortion Ban Becomes Law

Both chambers of the North Carolina General Assembly have voted to override Governor Cooper’s veto of Senate Bill 20, which bans abortion after only 12 weeks of pregnancy and imposes significant...