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Nobody should be afraid of seeking essential health care because they’re afraid of being tracked or surveilled.

A “friend of the court” brief that illustrates through personal stories the critical need for federal systems that work to prevent maternal deaths.

Rhode Island judge grants temporary restraining order in federal housing funding case.

The National Alliance to End Homelessness and Women's Development Corporation, a Rhode Island organization that develops affordable housing, file suit in Rhode Island

The ACLU of Rhode Island today announced the favorable settlement of the case on behalf of Julia Schultz, a house cleaner who was terminated by a professional cleaning service immediately after they learned she was pregnant.

U.S. District Court Chief Judge John McConnell, Jr. approved a stipulated order today in Cohen v. Brown University, the landmark Title IX case, requiring Brown University to pay attorneys’ fees and the litigation expenses incurred by the class of women student-athletes.

In a case that highlights the difficulties and discrimination that women continue to face in the workplace, the ACLU of Rhode Island charged today that a professional cleaning service terminated an employee who had just been hired immediately after learning she was pregnant.

Today’s court decision is an unprecedented attack on women’s rights and reproductive freedom.

Today’s decision from the Rhode Island Supreme Court upholding the General Assembly’s authority to enact the Reproductive Privacy Act could not be more timely.