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We at the ACLU will use each day to carry forward her legacy.

The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court to reinstate an FDA restriction on medication for early abortion that disproportionately harms people of color — during a pandemic that is killing those same communities. It's a direct attack on the health and safety of people of color.

State politicians passed a law compelling doctors to knowingly mislead their patients, in violation of both of their constitutional rights — the latest in an insidious, nationwide trend to humiliate and shame people who’ve decided to have an abortion.

The Nineteenth Amendment did not enfranchise all women equally. Today, many women continue to face barriers to the franchise, including women of color, trans women, and women with disabilities.

Too often people with disabilities are stripped of virtually all of their civil rights through guardianships and conservatorships. We need robust systems for people with disabilities to get out of unnecessary conservatorships and direct their own lives.

It’s wonderful to celebrate the 19th Amendment’s centennial, but it’s not enough. We need to finish the job of the voting rights activists who fought for both the 15th and 19th Amendments.

The 19th Amendment inked women’s suffrage into American history, a culminating moment in an effort to win political power. But as the 100th anniversary of its ratification fast approaches, it’s essential to reflect on who the 19th Amendment excluded in practice if not on paper, and what the popular historical record of this movement leaves out.

As our nation grapples with its grievous legacy of racism, it is imperative to call out policies and practices that exacerbate inequality.

This could be the first line of a dystopian novel, but it’s actually part of the 2020 bar exam.