Press Releases

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.

Supreme Court Issues Devastating Decision Overturning Roe v. Wade

Abortion is still legal in Florida; Florida’s law banning abortion at 15 weeks of pregnancy will face a temporary-injunction hearing next week

Advocacy Groups File Lawsuit Challenging Miami’s Practice of Destroying Property of People Experiencing Homelessness

Legal Services of Greater Miami, Southern Legal Counsel, American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Florida, and ACLU of Florida Greater Miami Chapter today filed a federal lawsuit challenging the City of Miami’s practice of destroying the personal property of people experiencing homelessness.

NYCLU, ACLU Statement on SCOTUS Concealed Carry Decision

Today, the Supreme Court of the United States issued a decision in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association Inc. v. Bruen, striking down New York’s restriction on concealed carry and eroding the legal basis for gun regulations.

ACLU Comment on Supreme Court Decision in Vega v. Tekoh

The Supreme Court ruled in Vega v. Tekoh today that a person cannot sue a police officer under federal civil rights laws for violating their Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination by failing to provide a Miranda warning.

New website offers information to help Florida drivers with unlawfully suspended licenses

New website offers information to help Florida drivers with unlawfully suspended licenses