Press Releases

Feb 10, 2023

ACLU-WV Files Legal Action Against West Virginia’s Secret Prison Laws

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Feb. 10, 2023 PRESS CONTACT: [email protected]
Jan 13, 2023

ACLU STATEMENT ON SENATE PRESIDENT’S DECISION TO BAN ALL RECORDING FROM PROCEEDINGS

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Jan. 13, 2023 CONTACT: Billy Wolfe [email protected]
Dec 20, 2022

Baumwell named ACLU-WV Interim Executive Director

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Dec. 20, 2022 CONTACT: Billy Wolfe [email protected]
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.