2025 Legislative Report: Building a Firewall for Freedom in Maine

The 2025 legislative session presented critical opportunities for Maine lawmakers to push back against the federal government’s attempts to disrupt our legal system and roll back our rights. Learn more about this year's top priorities and where we go from here.

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Weekly Highlights June 9 – 13

This week at the ACLU of Maine: Anti-abortion bills are officially defeated in Augusta, we continue defending our client against unlawful deportation orders, and we're joining the community to rally for our rights.

Weekly Highlights March 24-28

Weekly Highlights: March 24 - 28

This week at the ACLU of Maine: Fight for abortion access at the Maine State House, a new class action complaint against Trump's mass federal firings, 23andMe privacy concerns, and more. 

Weekly Highlights March 24-28

A Radical Supreme Court Term In Review: Democracy, Free Speech, and Abortion on the Line

A look back at wins and losses for civil rights and civil liberties during this transformative term.

By Samuel Crankshaw, Carol Garvan, Meagan Sway

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The Supreme Court Just Declined to Protect Emergency Abortion Care for Pregnant Patients. Here’s What to Know

Today’s ruling does not signal the end of the road in the fight for protecting life-saving emergency care, or the fight for our reproductive freedom.

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Overturning Roe is Just the Beginning

Two years after Trump’s Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, the ACLU examines how a second Trump administration would further imperil abortion access and reproductive rights nationwide – and our roadmap to fight back.

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This Week, Anti-Abortion Extremists Showed Us Who They Really Are

Lawmakers are bending the democratic process and ignoring their constituents to push health care out of reach.

Protesters advocating reproductive rights gather at the State Capitol in Lincoln, Nebraska.

Week in Review: Immigrants' Repro Rights, Trump's Muslim Ban, Racial Profiling, and Voter Suppression

Each week we will provide you with a rundown of top news stories and must-read articles.

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Week In Review: Trump's Executive Orders, The Right to Boycott, and the ACLU of Maine's New School Report

Each week we will provide you with a rundown of top news stories and must-read articles.

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