"The court saw SB775 for what it is, an unconstitutional censorship law that used the threat of fines & imprisonment to eliminate the guidance of professional librarians & parents and instead gave control over what our students read to politicians in Jefferson City,” -Gillian Wilcox, ACLU of MO

Breaking News: We are at the Missouri Supreme Court fighting Missouri’s restrictive Voter ID law and defending our win blocking the state’s attempt to restrict voter engagement efforts.

Columbia's B265-25 targets people experiencing houselessness by criminalizing people in public spaces and threatening 1A rights. It could apply to peaceful protests, fundraising efforts, or distribution of direct services and goods. Tell your Council Member: these are not our values. NO on B265-25.

"The new map faces a series of court challenges from orgs such as the ACLU of Missouri and the Missouri chapter of the NAACP. At the same time, a group called People Not Politicians launched a signature-gathering campaign to try to force a statewide vote that would strike down the map."

Remind a friend, abortion access is available in Missouri. After the Right to Reproductive Freedom Initiative passed last November, Missourians gained access to care. First, hospital-based providers began to provide care without the threat of prosecution.

The ACLU of Missouri is hiring for an internship on our Policy & Campaigns team. Our work covers several issues including free speech, religious freedom, voting rights, repro rights, LGBTQ+ equality, immigrants’ rights, racial equity, & privacy rights. Learn more at www.aclu-mo.org/en/who-we-ar...

“The unanimous decision is a critical affirmation that patients can continue to access procedural abortions in Missouri. The court rejected this attempt by the Attorney General, and is continuing to allow Missourians to exercise their constitutional right to access abortion care where they live."

Missouri has executed Lance Shockley. Abolish the death penalty.

Abolish the death penalty. The death penalty violates the constitutional ban on cruel and unusual punishment, and is discriminatory, arbitrary, and prone to error in enforcement.

Happening now: We are in court fighting the state’s unconstitutional book ban — passed as SB775 —that led to the immediate removal of hundreds of books from school libraries. We will always stand to protect student’s First Amendment right to access information.

"Despite denying a deployment in Missouri just days ago, Kehoe's actions threaten people & businesses across the state & ignores the needs of the St. Louis community that is still in the midst of clean up from a devastating tornado,” said Luz María Henríquez, executive director -ACLU of Missouri.

Today in the Missouri Supreme Court,  we joined our friends @lambdaLegal to fight a discriminatory ban that prevents Trans Youth from accessing care only because of their transgender status.

See you in court, Governor Kehoe.

We the people!

Abortion care remains available in Missouri We stood with Planned Parenthood to defend abortion access from the Gov's handpicked Attorney General. The AG continued her predecessor's efforts to overturn the will of the people. We asked the court to block the ban on medication abortion care.

Breaking: With our friends at PPGreatPlains and @ppgreatrivers.bsky.social, we are defending the voter-approved constitutional amendment in two separate courts against the unelected Attorney General's attempt to reinstate the total abortion ban while we demand access to medication abortion care.

"That all political power is vested in and derived from the people; that all government of right originates from the people, is founded upon their will only, and is instituted solely for the good of the whole."  Take the power back. secure.everyaction.com/Vpuyv0iR1kG5...

Politicians in our state are gathering to silence Missourians by gutting the citizen ballot measures and illegally gerrymandering Kansas City at the request of elites in Washington D.C. Join the fight to stop politicians from silencing Missourians.   Take action at linktr.ee/aclu_mo

As Gov. Kehoe, President Pro Tem O'Laughlin, & Speaker Patterson cower to demands from Washington D.C. to further gerrymander our state, Missourians will be left with diminished representation, disenfranchisement, & more divisive politics. This power grab to subvert democracy is wrong for Missouri.

Abortion Rights Update: we are in court fighting to preserve our right to reproductive freedom by asking the judge to rule Amendment 3, passed as HJR73, as unconstitutional and prevent it from appearing on a ballot or to give Missourians fair and accurate ballot language.

An overreliance on corporal punishment & expulsion has put the most vulnerable members of our community, our children, on a collision course with law enforcement and the school-to-prison pipeline while denying them the expectation that all children deserve an equal chance to receive an education.

The ACLU of Missouri is taking applications for a fall internship with our Policy and Campaigns Team. Our work covers several issues including free speech and association rights, voting rights, reproductive rights, LGBTQ+ equality, and more. Apply at www.aclu-mo.org/en/who-we-ar...

Breaking: A Jackson county judge issued a new preliminary injunction again blocking Missouri's abortion ban and several restrictions clearing the way for Planned Parenthood to provide procedural abortion care.

"The vote last November was historic, offering a fierce rebuke of Republican state lawmakers who had spent decades restricting access. The constitutional amendment overturned a near-total ban that was enacted in 2022 after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down Roe v. Wade."

Breaking: We filed a lawsuit against the SOS for certifying an intentionally misleading and inaccurate summary statement & fair ballot language for a measure that would overturn the recent voter-passed protections for reproductive freedom. The bill passed as HJR 73 but has been assigned Amendment 3.

You have the right to be loud, courageous, and boldly you. Pride has always been a protest—and it does not end here.

You can’t legislate people out of existence. Trans people of all ages deserve to live unapologetically as their authentic self.

Pride is protest, today and every day. Our existence cannot be erased, and we will continue to speak truth to our power. Panel created by our friends at @theglocenter.bsky.social

Pride calls for the freedom to be safe, visible, and control over our own lives.

The ACLU of Missouri is hiring an Executive Assistant based at our St. Louis office. Our work covers several issues including free speech and association rights, voting rights, reproductive rights, LGBTQ+ equality, and more. Learn more at www.aclu-mo.org/en/about/car...

Recognized as a federal holiday in 2021, Juneteenth commemorates June 19, 1865, when the Union army advanced in TX & OK declaring the last enslaved people there free. The 1865 declaration came 2 months after the end of the Civil War & more than two years after the Emancipation Proclamation.

“What the Court once recognized as an imperative check against discrimination, it today abandons.” -Justice Sotomayor's Dissent in U.S. v. Skrmetti

Power rests with the people. Thousands of Missourians peacefully protested the government's abuse of power. Without any evidence to support his reasoning, Kehoe activated the National Guard. The order continues even as Kehoe visits France. Kehoe should rescind the order and apologize to Missourians.

It is critical that Missourians who plan on attending know and educate others of their rights around protests and police interactions. We emphasize attendees to prioritize de-escalation, even in moments of governmental provocation and fear-mongering, and to lookout for one another. 👇🏿👇🏼👇🏻

Whether in response to ICE actions in Los Angeles or the Government's abuse of power, the First Amendment grants us the ability to assemble as a form of self-expression. Protect yourself, know your rights and how to exercise them.

In a direct assault on Missouri voters, politicians in Jefferson City passed House Joint Resolution 73 explicitly designed to overturn the right to reproductive freedom that Missourians secured through last year's ballot initiative and allow the state to reinstate an abortion ban.

Missourians voted for the fundamental right to reproductive freedom. Right now, the MO Senate is debating a bill that could end our new right, including access to abortion. We need to call our State Senators to demand that they protect our reproductive rights, not ban them – NO on HJR 73

Happy #GiveSTLDay! At the ACLU, we know that the power of the people is stronger than the people in power. We need you by our side to protect voting rights, defend abortion rights in MO, and more: www.givestlday.org/organization...

Work requirements neither encourage employment nor create a healthy, stable workforce. They are nothing more than a not-so-subtle backdoor to cut Medicaid and deny individuals the health care they need.

Ultimately, the Trump administration cannot order ICE to silence anyone with political opinions they disagree with, which is exactly what the ACLU of Massachusetts, ACLU of Vermont, CLEAR, and the rest of Ms. Öztürk’s legal team are arguing in court.

Happening now. Use the link in the comments to tell the committee "NO on HJR 73" and to listen live.

Missourians across the state worked hard to pass Amendment 3 at the ballot box. Politicians in Jefferson City are doing everything in their power to undo the will of the people and reinstate an abortion ban in our state. TAKE ACTION: tell your Senator NO on HJR 73 www.aclu-mo.org/en/news/take...

Today, Governor Mike Kehoe signed SB22, clearing a path for state officials to try to roll back the will of the voters by restricting access to abortion and reproductive health care across the state.

In a FOIA request, filed in Feb with 40+ federal agencies, the ACLU asked for records that reveal whether DOGE has sought or obtained access to databases containing PII, financial records, health care data, or other sensitive government-held records of Americans.

ACLU of Missouri Condemns the Unlawful Termination of Student Status: "A students’ education should not be taken away so that a government can add numbers to a deportation count."

A majority of Missourians passed Amendment 3 to end the abortion ban and protect reproductive freedom. Politicians in Jefferson City are trying to overturn the will of the people so they can reinstate the ban on abortion. Call your rep now and tell them NO on HJR 73. house.mo.gov/MemberRoster...

HJR 73, the Missouri's legislature's latest attempt to reinstate a ban on abortion, is on the floor. Protect Amendment 3, call your state representative and tell them NO on HJR 73.

“And what I’ve told people is that we should respect the will of the people and we will. It’ll be the law of the land and we have to go forward as the people decide.” Speaker Jon Patterson Call Speaker Patterson and tell him to stop the attacks on Amendment 3

“And what I’ve told people is that we should respect the will of the people and we will. It’ll be the law of the land and we have to go forward as the people decide.” - Speaker Jon Patterson Call Speaker Patterson and tell him to stop the attacks on Amendment 3