ACLU of Florida Sues Leon County Clerk for Exploiting Cash Bail
The implementation of Florida Statute § 903.286(1) violates the Eighth Amendment and financially guts local reform groups like the Tallahassee Bail Fund
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Florida’s 15-Week Abortion Ban Heads to State Supreme Court
Florida health care providers today sought review in the Florida Supreme Court in their case challenging the state’s ban on abortion after 15 weeks of pregnancy (House Bill 5). The move comes after lower courts repeatedly closed off meaningful legal avenues to block HB 5.
ACLU of Florida Condemns the Discriminatory and Political Decision of the Florida Board of Medicine to Initiate Rulemaking To Ban Life-Saving Medical Care for Transgender Youth in Florida
The Board of Medicine voted to accept a petition from the Florida Department of Health to create new rules changing the standard of care for gender dysphoria with the goal of banning any gender-affirming care for Floridians under the age of 18.
Voting and Civil Rights Organizations Release New Voting Resource for People with Past Convictions
The Legal Defense Fund (LDF), ACLU of Florida, the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law, and the ACLU Voting Rights Project (ACLU) released a new resource for lawyers and advocacy groups to help Floridians with past felony convictions determine their eligibility to register and vote.
ACLU of Florida, Wilkie D. Ferguson, Jr. Bar Association, and the Miami-Dade Public Defender Launch the Collateral Consequences Project to Combat Coercive Plea Bargaining
The Collateral Consequences Project helps people charged with a crime understand their options after an arrest.
State Court to Hear Testimony and Legal Arguments in Florida Abortion Ban Case
The Second Judicial Circuit Court in Leon County, Florida will hear testimony and arguments on the plaintiffs’ request for a temporary injunction in Planned Parenthood of Southwest and Central Florida v. Florida — a case challenging Florida’s House Bill 5 (HB 5), a ban on abortion after 15 weeks.