Gender Equity

Gov. Chris Gregoire today signed into law the "Fair Play" bill (SB 5967) to prohibit sex discrimination in public community sports programs. The ACLU-WA worked for its passage as part of a partnership with the Women’s Sports Foundation to promote equal treatment for women and girls in sports.

The Washington Legislature recently passed one of the most progressive bills in the nation to improve access to emergency contraception.

The ACLU of Washington, the National ACLU's Women's Rights Project, and the Northwest Women’s Law Center today filed a friend-of-the-court brief with the Washington Court of Appeals backing a woman’s right to end her marriage regardless of whether she is pregnant.

The Washington Court of Appeals today held that it is improper to deny a divorce to a woman solely on the basis of pregnancy.

The ACLU, NARAL, Planned Parenthood, and the NW Women's Law Center denounced a wrong-headed Bush administration proposal that would classify many forms of birth control as abortion.

Sexual harassment and discrimination are serious problems faced by many Latina women working in the fields and packing plants, and often they do not realize such behavior is against the law. The ACLU-WA has joined with other social justice organizations to form the Amparo Project to combat sexual harassment and other forms of gender discrimination experienced by farmworkers and other low-wage workers in Washington.

The American Civil Liberties Union today urged the Washington Court of Appeals to recognize the parental rights of a lesbian mother who has separated from the biological mother of her daughter.

The ACLU-WA joined with several women's rights and civil rights groups in urging the WA Courts of Appeals to back the rights of domestic violence survivors to protect their privacy in court records.

The American Civil Liberties Union today praised the Washington Court of Appeals for allowing a nonbiological mother the right to seek parental rights and visitation with her daughter after the mother's relationship with the biological mother ended.