The ACLU of Iowa has staff in Des Moines to handle inquiries from journalists on issues affecting civil rights and civil liberties in Iowa.
Media inquiries should be sent via email to editor@aclu-ia.org or contact Communications Director Veronica Fowler at 515-207-0586.
Des Moines, Iowa — Today the Polk County District Court declined to block a law requiring women seeking an abortion to wait 72 hours after their first appointment and make a second, medically unnecessary trip to their health care provider to access abortion care.
Marion, Iowa — The Marion City Council last night revised its unconstitutional ordinance that led to a lawful political demonstrator being prevented by police from holding a political sign in a sidewalk area along a Marion street.
Des Moines, Iowa — The ACLU of Iowa filed a lawsuit today to challenge the Iowa Department of Human Services’ ban on Medicaid coverage for necessary surgical care for transgender Iowans.
Des Moines, Iowa — Eight nonprofit groups have filed comments in response to newly proposed administrative rules that would implement changes in the way Iowans vote.
Windsor Heights, Iowa — The City of Windsor Heights has agreed to amend its contentious sign regulation ordinance that resulted in one local couple being threatened with fines of up to $1,000 a day and another family having their sign torn down by the city.
The ACLU of Iowa has filed a lawsuit for a male Iowa prison nurse whose state employer, the Iowa Department of Corrections, denied him use of the men’s restrooms and locker rooms. It also denied him health care coverage—solely because he is transgender—for surgery he needed.