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Planned Parenthood of the Heartland and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Iowa applaud the state Department of Human Services (DHS) for denying an emergency rule-making petition recently filed by a group of Republican lawmakers.
The ACLU of Iowa submitted an amicus brief supporting the rights of parents and children in same-sex marriages to the same legal benefits extended to other Iowa families.
Urbandale High School’s Emma Shipley is the winner of the American Civil Liberties Union of Iowa's 2012 Robert Mannheimer student video contest, which explores a civil liberty that is important to the entrant.
The ACLU of Iowa has sent out requests to the police departments in Iowa's five largest cities, asking each to release information on cell phone location tracking data used to monitor Iowans.
Today the ACLU of Iowa announces another victory for equality on behalf of same-sex couples. This latest breakthrough came on behalf an Iowa prison guard who was denied family medical leave because her spouse was of the same sex.
Ames High junior Sam Ennis is the winner of the American Civil Liberties Union of Iowa's 2011 Mannheimer student video contest, which depicts a civil liberty that is important to the entrant.