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Jun 21, 2025

Why SCOTUS ruling on gender-affirming care could boost defense of new Kansas law

"Our clients and every Kansan should have the freedom to make their own private medical decisions and consult with their doctors without the intrusion of Kansas politicians," said D.C. Hiegert, an...

Jun 20, 2025

71,000 Kansans

Evan Altman, a voting rights organizer for the American Civil Liberties Union, spoke to the Barton County chapter of Women for Kansas via Zoom last Sunday.

Jun 13, 2025

Kansas attorney general blocked from denying gender changes on driver’s licenses

The ACLU of Kansas, the ACLU and Stinson LLP intervened in the case on behalf of five transgender Kansans who claim to have been harmed by Kobach’s effort to ban and reverse changes to the gender markers on...

Jun 13, 2025

Court allows transgender Kansans to change gender markers on driver's licenses

"This decision recognizes that the Attorney General had not shown any harm at all in allowing transgender Kansans the same personal autonomy, privacy, and dignity that all Kansans deserve," said D.C...

Jun 13, 2025

Trans Kansans win court ruling to change the gender on their IDs

The American Civil Liberties Union of Kansas called the ruling a victory for transgender Kansans. The legal organization had intervened in the case on behalf of five transgender Kansans, arguing Kobach’s...

Jun 7, 2025

‘Some cry all day.’ ICE detainees face harsh conditions in Miami federal facility

Eunice Cho, an attorney with the American Civil Liberties Union’s Prison Project, said a Kansas prison faces similar conditions and added third bunks on beds to fit more immigrant detainees. While ICE data...