Americans United Condemns Trump Administration’s Flip-Flop To Back Michigan Funeral Home That Fired Transgender Employee
The Department of Justice today told the U.S. Supreme Court that the federal government is reversing course on a pending case. The administration now argues that the federal law barring workplace discrimination does not protect Aimee Stephens, the transgender employee of a Michigan funeral home who was fired when the business cited religious beliefs in conflict with Stephens’ gender identity.
Americans United Denounces Trump-Pence Administration’s Latest Attack On Transgender Community
Philadelphia Officials May Decline To Work With Foster-Care Placement Agencies That Discriminate, Says Americans United
The city of Philadelphia does not have to contract with religiously affiliated foster-care placement agencies that engage in discriminatory policies against potential foster parents, Americans United for Separation of Church and State argues in a legal brief filed today.
Justice Department’s ‘Religious Liberty Summit’ Offends The True Meaning Of Religious Freedom, Says Americans United
Americans United Opposes Trump Supreme Court Nominee Brett Kavanaugh
Americans United And Allies Sue Notre Dame And Trump Administration Over Denial Of Birth Control Coverage
Citing flagrant defiance of federal law and the US Constitution, Americans United for Separation of Church and State, the National Women’s Law Center (NWLC) and the Center for Reproductive Rights (CRR), along with their co-counsel Macey Swanson LLP, filed suit today in the US District Court for the Northern District of Indiana against the US Departments of Health and Human Services, Treasury, and Labor, and the University of Notre Dame.
Supreme Court Ruling In Colorado Bakery Case Disappointing But Not Final Word, Says Americans United
Americans United for Separation of Church and State today expressed disappointment over a US Supreme Court ruling in favor of a Colorado bakery that sought to discriminate against LGBTQ people on the basis of religious beliefs. But the organization said it was relieved that the narrow ruling does not create sweeping new rights to discriminate.
Americans United And Allies Urge Federal Court To Continue To Block Trump Administration’s Birth Control Rules
Americans United for Separation of Church and State, joined by 12 religious and civil-rights organizations, late yesterday urged a federal appeals court to affirm a preliminary injunction blocking the Trump administration’s new rules that would allow employers and universities to cite religious or moral objections as justification to deny employees and students insurance coverage for contraceptives.
Americans United Welcomes Introduction Of Do No Harm Act In U.S. Senate
Americans United Denounces Oklahoma Gov. Fallin’s Signing Of SB 1140, A Discriminatory Adoption Bill
Groups Demand Information From Notre Dame And Trump Administration On Contraceptive Coverage Settlement
Americans United for Separation of Church and State and the National Women’s Law Center (NWLC) today sent a demand letter to the University of Notre Dame and filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request with the U.S. Department of Justice, seeking information on the school’s contraceptive coverage for its employees and students.
Americans United Hails Appeals Court Decision That Michigan Funeral Home Can’t Discriminate Against Transgender Employee
Rachel K. Laser Named New Executive Director Of Americans United For Separation Of Church And State
Declaring Victory For Plaintiffs, Groups Withdraw Lawsuit Against Trump Administration’s Harmful, Discriminatory Birth Control Rules
Today, Americans United for Separation of Church and State (AU) and the National Women’s Law Center (NWLC), joined by co-counsel Dentons, withdrew their legal challenge to the Trump administration’s interim final rules allowing virtually any employer or university to refuse to provide birth control coverage based on religious or moral objections.
New Trump Administration Rule Threatens Americans’ Healthcare, Says Americans United
The Trump administration today issued a rule aimed at allowing healthcare workers to use religion as a reason to deny patients medical care. The move comes in the wake of the administration’s Jan. 18 decision to create a Conscience and Religious Freedom Division in the Office for Civil Rights of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The new office will be tasked with enforcing today’s rule.
New HHS Office On ‘Religious Freedom’ Endangers Americans’ Health, Says Americans United
Today, the Trump administration created a Conscience and Religious Freedom Division in the Office for Civil Rights of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). This new division will enforce the administration’s extreme and harmful interpretations of federal religious freedom laws. In addition, it will enforce a still unreleased rule that will allow health care workers to use religion as a reason to deny services to patients.
Americans United Applauds Another Federal Court Ruling Blocking Trump Birth Control Regulations
A federal court in California today issued an order temporarily blocking implementation of the Trump administration’s rules that allow employers and universities to cite religious or moral objections to restrict employees’ and students’ access to birth control. This is the second federal court to block the rules from going into effect.
AU And NWLC File Lawsuit Against Trump Administration Over Rules Denying Women Birth Control Coverage
Americans United for Separation of Church and State and the National Women’s Law Center today filed a lawsuit against Trump administration rules that allow employers and universities to cite religious or moral objections in order to deny employees and students health insurance coverage of birth control.