Press Releases

ACLU of Wyoming Opposes Border Wall Bill

Senate File 166, which would send more than $5 million out of state to support harmful and unnecessary immigration policies, amounts to little more than political theater.

ACLU of Wyoming Opposes Legislation Banning Medication Abortion

Health care decisions should be made between patients and their doctors – not politicians. Banning a safe and standard method of terminating a pregnancy creates unnecessary restrictions for people accessing essential medical care.
Issue Areas: Reproductive Freedom

ACLU of Wyoming Opposes Bill That Would Censor Classroom Discussion, Harm LGBTQ+ and Two Spirit Youth

The government censorship bill would silence students from speaking about their LGBTQ+ and Two Spirit family members, friends and neighbors and would create costly new liabilities for school districts.

ACLU of Wyoming Announces 2023 Legislative Priorities

The ACLU’s educational, organizing and lobbying efforts will be focused primarily on abortion access and reproductive freedom, defending free speech and opposing classroom censorship, and LGBTQ+ and Two Spirit equality.

ACLU Comment on Upcoming SCOTUS Oral Arguments Challenging the Indian Child Welfare Act

If ICWA is overturned, states would be allowed to forcibly remove Native children from their families, tribes, and culture while simultaneously depriving tribes of future generations of members — putting the very existence of tribes in jeopardy.
Issue Areas: Indigenous Justice

Know Your Rights: Local Organizations to Provide Community with Civil Rights Information During Free Day-Long Workshop

By knowing your rights, you’ll better prepared to advocate for yourself, your family and your neighbors. Don’t allow anyone to take advantage of your uncertainty and anxiety.

ACLU of Wyoming Urges Counties to Continue Use of Absentee Ballot Drop Boxes

Absentee ballot drop boxes have proven to be an accessible, secure and easy way for voters across the country and here in Wyoming to cast their ballots, and they have been widely used by people of all backgrounds and political affiliations without issue.
Issue Areas: Voting Rights

ACLU Urges Biden Administration to Heed UN Racial Justice Committee Recommendations

The United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination urged the United States government to implement broader policies to address systemic racism and structural racial discrimination at the federal, state, local, and tribal level..

ACLU Files Amicus Brief Urging Supreme Court to Uphold the Indian Child Welfare Act

If the Indian Child Welfare Act is overturned, tribes will again be stripped of their right to keep their families together. This is a tragedy as we know that having connection to our cultures, languages and identities is in the best interest of Native children.
Issue Areas: Indigenous Justice