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By making it clear that the psychiatric security review board must comply with the Patients’ Bill of Rights, this bill ensures that patients’ right to receive treatment in the least restrictive environment...
By requiring the Department of Correction to establish a job training program that would allow incarcerated people to qualify for apprenticeships after their release, this bill is good public policy. For...
The government shouldn't tell physicians to disregard the health care wishes of pregnant people simply because they are pregnant. The ACLU-CT supports this bill, which would repeal Connecticut’s pregnancy...
We oppose this bill due to its potential to coerce, shame, or intimidate someone who has experienced a miscarriage or made the personal decision to end a pregnancy.
The right to individual autonomy when making end of life decisions includes the decision to seek physician-assisted aid in dying, as well as the decision to continue living.The ACLU-CT supports this bill...
This bill to fully legalize marijuana presents a chance for our state to further honor individual privacy rights, prevent discrimination, and remedy the disparate burdens that marijuana prohibition has...