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Repro Freedom Voices: Freedom to be Heather

Heather St. Amand is a mother, an organizer with the ACLU-VA, and an advocate for reproductive freedom. Having access to abortion saved Heather’s life and put her on the path to fight for reproductive healthcare. Here’s her story.
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Know Your Rights: Interacting with ICE in the DMV

Make an emergency plan to protect you and your family in the event of a fire, natural disaster, or an encounter with ICE.
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2026 General Assembly

Stay informed about significant bills in Virginia's 2026 legislative session that will impact Virginians' civil rights and liberties.
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Press Releases

June 10, 2026

Unaccompanied minors released to sponsor after almost a year of being illegally detained in a Virginia facility

“Although we’re relieved that our young clients were finally released today, until ORR follows the law, we will keep fighting for the safety and freedom of immigrant children,” said ACLU-VA Executive Director Mary Bauer.

June 2, 2026

Unaccompanied minors illegally detained in a Virginia youth facility without access to needed medical services for almost a year

“ORR is tasked with facilitating the safe and speedy release of unaccompanied children in its care, but instead of following the law, it’s choosing to advance the Trump administration’s cruel, anti-immigrant agenda," said ACLU-VA Senior Immigrants' Rights Attorney Sophia Gregg.

June 1, 2026

Attorney general’s office fails to effectively implement historic ruling that ordered the restoration of voting rights to thousands of Virginians

“Today is the first day when thousands of Virginians with felony convictions should be able to finally begin to register to vote, but a court order restoring the right to vote and actually being able to exercise that right are two very different things.”

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Know Your Rights: Protesting

The First Amendment protects your right to assemble and express your views through protest.
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Featured Case

We are taking legal action to defend immigrants' rights, protect transgender people from discrimination, fight back against censorship efforts, and do so much more to defend civil rights and civil liberties across the Commonwealth.
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King v. Youngkin

The ACLU of Virginia, Protect Democracy, and WilmerHale on the behalf of plaintiffs Tati Abu King and Toni Heath Johnson filed a first-of-its-kind lawsuit in federal court challenging the Virginia Constitution’s felony disenfranchisement provision. The case, filed in the Eastern District of Virginia, claims that Virginia is in violation of the 150-year-old federal law that established the terms of Virginia’s readmission to representation in the United States Congress after the Civil War.