Legislation

The ACLU-CT believes that all people deserve equal access to reproductive health services. The ACLU-CT opposes criminal prohibition of drugs.

Currently, consumers including Connecticut residents generally expect sensitive health information and data to remain confidential. But unfortunately, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) only protects personally identifiable health information as confidential.

As the U.S. Supreme Court has turned its back on nearly fifty years of precedent on the right to privacy, a lack of access to reproductive health services, including abortion, is already threatening people’s lives and futures across the country.

Senate Bill 1068 would provide financial assistance to uninsured and underinsured people who need pre-exposure or post-exposure prophylaxis who cannot pay for preventative HIV medicines. No person should risk contracting HIV just because they cannot afford health care.

The ACLU-CT unwaveringly supports the constitutional right to seek an abortion. As anti-abortion politicians across the country deny our freedom and obstruct access to abortion, the ACLU-CT supports legislation that increases access to abortion.

The ACLU-CT unwaveringly supports the right to safe, affordable access to the full range of contraceptive options and abortion.

The ACLU-CT believes that all people deserve equal access to reproductive health services, including fertility treatments.

The ACLU-CT believes in a society where all children can flourish. HB 6587 expands Medicaid coverage to include infant and toddler diapers, which will drastically improve health, economic, and educational outcomes for families across the state.