How to Avoid Fake Abortion Clinics
Instead of allocating funds to organizations that can provide prenatal care and other maternal medicine, the state is funneling money into organizations that exist to counsel vulnerable people against...
Working to protect and advance civil rights and civil liberties
Commentary & Blog
The State of LGBTQ Rights in NC
The North Carolina General Assembly recently passed several bills targeting transgender youth despite Governor Cooper's veto. Here's everything you need to know.
Sustaining a Participatory Democracy
When we all learn and raise awareness, engage in advocacy, and participate in democratic processes, we can identify and challenge harmful and restrictive legislation and offer better and healthier...
Press Releases & News
ACLU of NC Report Finds That Disorderly Conduct Complaints are Filed Against Black Students at Four Times the Rate of Their White Counterparts
A new report by the American Civil Liberties Union of North Carolina found that between 2017 to 2023, statewide law enforcement and school staff filed school-based complaints of disorderly conduct against...
ACLU of North Carolina Requests Preliminary Injunction in Asheville Park Bans Case
The ACLU of North Carolina filed a motion yesterday in Norris v. Asheville, requesting that the Court enjoin the City from enforcing park bans issued to 15 individuals.
Federal Court Blocks Certain Restrictions in North Carolina’s Sweeping Abortion Ban
Today, a federal judge blocked two provisions of North Carolina’s Senate Bill 20, a sweeping law that severely restricts access to abortion and bans care after the 12th week of pregnancy in nearly all...
In the courts
HB 40 significantly increases criminal penalties for protesting and makes protestors liable for substantial civil damages to individuals harmed by a protest, even where a protestor only verbally encouraged activities defined as “rioting” and did not take any individual actions to cause injury or damage.
American Civil Liberties Union of North Carolina v. Stein, Deberry, Crump, Freeman
The American Civil Liberties Union of North Carolina (ACLU-NC) has filed a federal lawsuit challenging multiple provisions of North Carolina’s “Anti-Riot Act”, as recently amended by House Bill 40.l (HB 40).
