Survivor of 29 Years in Solitary Confinement to Speak Alongside Reform Advocates at UNC Law
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North Carolina Asks Supreme Court to Review State’s Coercive Ultrasound Law
WASHINGTON - North Carolina has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to review a state law that would force women to undergo a narrated ultrasound before receiving an abortion—a measure that has been blocked by both a district court and federal appeals court as unconstitutional.
N.C. Interracial Couple Denied Marriage License in the 1970s Speaks Out Against S.B. 2
RALEIGH – Almost 40 years after two Forsyth County magistrates refused to perform their civil marriage ceremony by citing religious objections, Thomas and Carol Ann Person, an interracial couple from North Carolina, are now speaking out against proposed legislation that would allow magistrates to
ACLU National Executive Director Anthony Romero to Keynote Feb. 28 Frank Porter Graham Awards Dinner in Chapel Hill
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – Anthony Romero, the executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union, will travel to North Carolina on Saturday, February 28, to deliver the keynote address at the ACLU of North Carolina’s annual Frank Porter Graham Awards Dinner.
Senate Committee to Hear Bill that Would Allow Magistrates to Opt Out of Marriage Duties
RALEIGH – The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of North Carolina is urging lawmakers to reject a bill that would allow magistrates and other government officials to opt out of providing marriage services to the public for six-month periods based on “sincerely held religious” objections.
ACLU-NC Supports Call for Federal Investigation of Chapel Hill Murders
The ACLU of North Carolina joins countless people from across our state and around the world this week in expressing sorrow over the tragic killing of students Deah Shaddy Barakat, his wife Yusor Mohammad Abu-Salha, and her sister, Razan Mohammad Abu-Salha, in Chapel Hill on February 10.