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As an organization that strongly supports reproductive freedom and bodily autonomy for all people, the ACLU of Connecticut finds it alarming that the practice of involuntary sterilization is still used in...
We encourage the legislature to oppose this bill, because it would not create more police transparency, which is much-needed in our state.
The ACLU of Connecticut opposes this bill, which pays lip service to protecting police and corrections workers without actually doing so. Unlike crimes against racial and religious minorities, women, LGBT...
This bill would answer the call of the Connecticut Supreme Court by allowing immigrant youth up to age 21 who have been abused, neglected, or abandoned to apply for protection under federal special...
As one of only two states without a law in place allowing for electronic, rather than paper, proof of automobile insurance, Connecticut is an outlier. It is time for the legislature to bring Connecticut...
In the interest of democracy, justice, and equality, the ACLU of Connecticut supports this attempt to tighten the state's police car pursuit policy. When police decide to use cars to chase people, they can...