The American Civil Liberties Union is planning lawsuits against two recent laws passed by Arkansas legislators banning abortions and gender affirming medical procedures, while other laws could draw legal challenges from that group and others.
The ACLU will sue in Arkansas’ Eastern District U.S. District Court to block those two laws, said Holly Dickson, ACLU executive director.
“We’ll be filing before the bills go into effect asking that those laws never go into effect,” she said.
Dickson said Little Rock Family Practice Clinic, an abortion provider, will be a plaintiff in the lawsuit against Act 309, which bans almost all abortions except those necessary to save the life of the mother. Plaintiffs for the lawsuit against Act 626, the Save Adolescents from Experimentation Act, will include affected families whose children will not be able to receive gender transition treatments as a result of that law.
(The Center Square) â Gov. Tim Walzâs administration has agreed to settle a lawsuit from Northland Baptist Church and Living Word Christian Center claiming discriminatory treatment of houses of worship.
The agreement says any future COVID-19 order would treat all houses of worship the same as grocery and retail outlets, sports and entertainment venues.
The settlement follows federal Judge Wilhelmina M. Wright denying the stateâs motion to dismiss on March 30, 2021, which would have meant the case would have started the discovery process.
The Upper Midwest Law Center (UMLC) represented the churches.
âOne very noteworthy feature of this settlement is that it followed the first decision by any court to reject Governor Walz and Attorney General Ellison s defense of their Orders,â UMLC President Doug Seaton said in a statement. âNo other Minnesota plaintiff has been successful in defeating the Attorney General s motions to dismiss on these claims, even in
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