Press Releases

ACLU of Virginia Statement Regarding Most Recent Attacks on Women’s Health

The following quote can be attributed to Claire Guthrie Gastañaga, Executive Director of the ACLU of Virginia
Issue Areas: Reproductive Rights

ACLU of Virginia Praises General Assembly on Action to Compensate Forced Sterilization Victims

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Virginia today commended members of the General Assembly for including funding in its budget to compensate victims of Virginia’s shameful eugenics program.
Issue Areas: Reproductive Rights

Virginians and Women’s Health Advocates Say to Board of Health “Regulations for Women’s Health Centers Must be based in Medicine.”

The Virginia Coalition to Protect Women’s Health today released its public comment detailing the amendments necessary to ensure regulations for women’s health centers are medically sound and not based on political motivations.
Issue Areas: Reproductive Rights

ACLU of Virginia Applauds Virginia Board of Health’s Decision to Place Medicine over Politics

Today science and medicine prevailed over politics when the Virginia Board of Health voted to approve a Notice of Intent for Regulatory Action (NOIRA) to amend rules for women’s health care centers in Virginia that provide five or more abortions per month.
Issue Areas: Reproductive Rights