Press Releases

ACLU of Wisconsin Calls Anti-Transgender Healthcare Bill An Attack on The Rights of Youth

A gender-affirming care ban for trans youth is circulating the Wisconsin Legislature, another attack on crucial healthcare.

ACLU of Wisconsin Applauds Return of Reproductive Freedom For Wisconsinites

Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin resumed abortion care today at their Walter Street and Madison East locations.

ACLU of Wisconsin Opposes Non-Inclusive Sports Bills Because All Kids Should Play

SB 377 and SB 378 would exclude trans students from sports, which should be inclusive spaces promoting positive outcomes for all students.

Case Challenging MMSD’s Policy Against Forced Outing Dismissed in Victory for Trans Students

WILL and ADF withdrew their appeal of the dismissal of their lawsuit challenging MMSD's policy against the forced outing of trans students.

ACLU of Wisconsin Issues Statement On Reversal of Statewide Conversion Therapy Ban

A GOP-led committee struck down the statewide ban on conversion therapy, a dangerous and discredited practice falsely claiming to change a person’s sexual orientation or gender identity.

Wisconsin Judge Dismisses Case Aiming to Out Transgender and Nonbinary Students Without Their Consent

We successfully stopped a challenge to the Madison Metropolitan School District policy to protect students’ ability to use different names or pronouns at school.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin Allows School Policy Protecting Privacy of Transgender and Nonbinary Students to Remain in Effect

The Supreme Court of Wisconsin allowed a school policy, which protects the right of students to use different names or pronouns at school without being forcibly outed by school faculty, to stay in effect while the case goes forward in the lower courts. 

ACLU of Wisconsin Applauds Challenge to 1849 Wisconsin Abortion Ban

The ACLU of Wisconsin today applauded Attorney General Joshua Kaul's decision to file a lawsuit challenging the enforceability of Wisconsin’s 1849 abortion ban.