ACLU Supporter –

As the State of the Union last night made clear – and as things continue to move fast in state legislatures, on Capitol Hill, and in courtrooms at every level across this country – we know too well there is a lot of work to do in the fight for civil liberties.

You, ACLU Supporter, are very much a part of our community that is pushing back to ensure all of us in the United States can live with our rights protected. And that is why we're reaching out now to update you on the latest from our lawyers and advocacy teams over the last few weeks.

Here's what's been unfolding:

• In our fight for trans justice, over 250 bills attacking trans youth have sprung up in state legislative sessions across 32 states – including in states like Mississippi and Oklahoma.
• In Mississippi, our advocacy teams at the ACLU and the ACLU of Mississippi are working fast right now to block the state's latest bill targeting gender-affirming care for trans young people as it moves to the State Senate. Join us in action on this now.
• And in Oklahoma, lawmakers have proposed at least 15 bills seeking to bar transgender people from accessing essential and often life-saving forms of gender-affirming care. In response, the ACLU, the ACLU of Oklahoma, and Lambda Legal have already promised swift legal action in opposition to proposed restrictions on critical health care for transgender Oklahomans should any be signed into law.
• The same lawmakers that don't want transgender people to be able to make decisions about their medical care also don't want people to be able to make decisions about their pregnancies.
• That's why bans on early abortion are now in effect in more than a dozen states in the wake of Roe v. Wade's fall – and they're also coming after medication abortion nationwide in a case that will be decided in the coming months.
• To fight back on this front, cases filed by the ACLU and our affiliates continue in state courts: We just filed a lawsuit in West Virginia challenging multiple provisions of the state's near-total abortion ban passed last year as irrational and unconstitutional. And we have ongoing litigation in a number of states, including in Arizona, Florida, Kentucky, Ohio, and Utah. We argued before the Indiana Supreme Court last month, and will do the same in Georgia in March.

ACLU Supporter, remember, as much as politicians are coming after our fundamental freedoms right now – the more informed we all can remain collectively, the stronger our chances are going to be to fight back and win.

Stay with us, ACLU Supporter, and stay fighting. We at the ACLU have your back now, up ahead, and always.

For the people,

The ACLU Team