Press Releases

ACLU-NH questions state spending on Northern Border after data shows zero apprehensions

New Border Patrol data shows zero apprehensions occurred from January to May 2024
Issue Areas: Immigrants' Rights

ACLU-NH and GLAD denounce harmful bills targeting LGBTQ+ youth signed by Governor Sununu

Unconstitutional bills ban transgender youth from school sports, impact critical healthcare, and create a new, anti-LGBTQ+ school censorship scheme.
Issue Areas: LGBTQ+ Rights

ACLU-NH and NHLA Send Letter on Homelessness to Manchester Lawmakers

Following U.S. Supreme Court decision on homelessness, letter urges local officials to refrain from increased civil and criminal enforcement to address the needs of the unhoused population in Manchester
Issue Areas: Smart Justice

ACLU-NH Statement on Emergency Abortion Care Supreme Court Decision

The Supreme Court has failed to make clear once and for all that anyone who is pregnant has the basic right to the emergency abortion care they need to protect their health and lives.
Issue Areas: Reproductive Freedom

ACLU-NH Statement on Failure of Marijuana Legalization Bill

Despite a unique window of opportunity and growing excitement about legalization, today, New Hampshire lawmakers failed to pass legislation to legalize marijuana.   

NH Repro Coalition Release: SCOTUS Rejects Attacks on Medication Abortion

Today the United States Supreme Court ruled on Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine et al v. US Food and Drug Administration, keeping medication abortion legal - for now. 
Issue Areas: Reproductive Freedom

VICTORY: Court Declares NH Classroom Censorship Law Unconstitutional

A federal court ruled today that New Hampshire’s classroom censorship law is unconstitutional after a broad coalition of educators and advocacy groups brought the challenge to the law.

ACLU-NH and ACLU Submit Amicus Brief to N.H. Supreme Court on Viewpoint Discrimination

The ACLU and ACLU of New Hampshire today submitted a friend-of-the-court brief to the NH Supreme Court, raising concerns around viewpoint discrimination that, if applied in this case, could lead to the chipping away of the First Amendment rights of everyone.
Issue Areas: First Amendment

ACLU-NH Statement on Demonstrations at UNH and Dartmouth College Campuses

While the situation is still developing, we are highly concerned that police, many in riot gear, appear to have moved quickly and forcefully into protests at the University of New Hampshire and Dartmouth College campuses. Use of police force against protestors should never be a first resort.