Press Releases

MEDIA ADVISORY: ACLU of Kansas, El Centro, community partners rally for democracy

The ACLU of Kansas, El Centro, and community partners will gather to discuss how Johnson County can lead the way in ensuring language access at the polls.
Issue Areas: Voting Rights

Kansas Attorney General Blocked from Denying Changes to Gender Markers on Driver’s Licenses

In a victory for transgender Kansans, a Kansas state appeals court has reversed a district court decision barring the Kansas government from making changes to gender markers on driver’s licenses.
Issue Areas: LGBTQ+ Rights

ICE Detainees and Civil Rights Organizations Raise Alarm Over Conditions and Violations of Immigrants’ Rights at Federal Facility in Leavenworth

Immigrants detained at the Federal Correctional Institution Leavenworth (FCI) currently face a number of problematic and unlawful conditions, and a significant number of people detained at FCI Leavenworth continue to be held in ICE's custody even though they have won their immigration cases.
Issue Areas: Immigrants' Rights

Families Challenge Kansas Ban On Medical Care for Transgender Adolescents

Two transgender adolescents and their parents have filed a challenge in Kansas state court against SB 63, a law passed earlier this year prohibiting access to gender-affirming medical treatments for transgender people under 18.
Issue Areas: LGBTQ+ Rights

ACLU of Kansas reacts to state legislature’s attack on right to vote 

Just last week this same body claimed we must subject the Supreme Court to partisan elections in order to hear from voters—and yet today they silence those same voters by passing SB 4 into law.
Issue Areas: Voting Rights

ACLU of Kansas reacts to state legislature’s attempt to rewrite constitution and politicize state Supreme Court  

This is a blatant attack by the legislators on our justices, and it’s part of a decades-long pattern of politicians attempting to punish the judicial branch for issuing decisions on education and reproductive freedom that they disagree with."