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.
Newton, Iowa — The ACLU of Iowa is pleased to announce that it has resolved the case involving a Newton High School transgender student who was belittled and reprimanded after he wrote a political message on his arm.
Our lawyers worked deep into the night, alongside Planned Parenthood, to successfully ask the Iowa Supreme Court first thing this morning for an emergency, temporary injunction to block portions of Iowa's new, harmful abortion law from being enacted.
Des Moines, Iowa — The next step in fighting Iowa's pending, harmful new abortion law will be to file an appeal with the Iowa Supreme Court.
Des Moines, Iowa — Today the ACLU and Planned Parenthood filed a lawsuit asking the Polk County District Court to issue an emergency injunction to block provisions of a new abortion restriction that will be signed into law by Gov. Terry Branstad at 8:30 a.m. on Friday morning.
Today the Iowa Legislature did the right thing by passing a bill that will protect the privacy of people using government bathrooms.
The American Civil Liberties Union of Iowa filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit today, demanding government documents about the on-the-ground implementation of President Trump’s Muslim bans.