Press Releases

Oct 26, 2022

ACLU Settles Lawsuit After West Virginia Officials Reveal New Process for Amending Names and Gender Markers on Birth Certificates

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Oct. 26, 2022 National Media Contact: Gillian Branstetter, Communications Strategist, [email protected]
Oct 12, 2022

Trouble Voting? Call the ACLU-WV Election Protection Hotline.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Oct. 12, 2022 Contact: Billy Wolfe [email protected]
Sep 14, 2022

TRAGIC, OUTRAGEOUS, UNNECCESSARY: LEGISLATURE PASSES TOTAL BAN ON ABORTION

After weeks of deal-making behind closed doors, the West Virginia Legislature has banned abortion, subjecting half of the state’s population to second-class status and placing lifesaving health care out of reach for tens of thousands.
Jul 18, 2022

VICTORY: Court Blocks Archaic and Cruel Criminal Abortion Ban

Ruling provides clarity on law that dates back more than 150 years.
Jul 15, 2022

State Court to Hear Arguments in Challenge to 150-Year-Old West Virginia Abortion Ban

On Monday, a Kanawha County Circuit Court judge will hear out lawsuit challenging West Virginia's archaic abortion ban.
Jul 15, 2022

State Court to Hear Arguments in Challenge to 150-Year-Old West Virginia Abortion Ban

On Monday, Kanawha County Circuit Court judge will hear out lawsuit challenging West Virginia's archaic abortion ban.
Jul 15, 2022

State Court to Hear Arguments in Challenge to 150-Year-Old West Virginia Abortion Ban

On Monday, Kanawha County Circuit Court judge will hear out lawsuit challenging West Virginia's archaic abortion ban.
Jul 07, 2022

We Dissent: March to Call on WV Lawmakers to Protect Abortion Rights

Abortion bans strip us of our freedom. It's time to turn our collective outrage into action.
Jun 29, 2022

We're Suing to Have the State's 19th Century Crime of Abortion Declared Unenforceable

Following the overturning of Roe v. Wade, we're asking a court to make it clear that this archaic law cannot be enforced