Parents, Medical Experts, Faith Groups and 21 States Urge Appeals Court Not to Reinstate Alabama Law Criminalizing Healthcare for Transgender Youth

August 19, 2022

ALABAMA – Parents of transgender children have filed a friend-of-the-court brief asking the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit to uphold the injunction against S.B. 184. The Alabama law, blocked by a federal judge in May...

ADVANCING JUSTICE-ATLANTA, NIPNLG AND THE SPLC ISSUE STATEMENT UPON FILING BRIEF WITH THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS CHALLENGING SEXIST AND RACIST IMMIGRATION LAW CAUSING WRONGFUL DEPORTATION AND DENYING DUE PROCESS

August 16, 2022

WASHINGTON — Today, Asian Americans Advancing Justice-Atlanta (Advancing Justice-Atlanta), the National Immigration Project of the National Lawyers Guild (NIPNLG) and the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) filed an appeal on...

Alabama

Parents Urge Appeals Court to Maintain Block on Alabama Law That Would Criminalize Essential Medical Care for their Transgender Children

August 11, 2022

Parents challenging Alabama’s SB 184 have responded to the State’s appeal of a district court ruling that blocked enforcement of the law in May 2022. SB 184 criminalizes parents who seek essential medical care for their...

Federal

Protecting Democracy

SPLC Action Fund Applauds House Vote to Protect Marriage Equality; Urges Senate to Quickly Approve the Bill

July 19, 2022

WASHINGTON – Today, the House voted 267-157 to approve HR 8404 , the Respect for Marriage Act , repealing the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA.) This legislation, which received overwhelming, bipartisan support, would safeguard...

SPLC Action Fund Welcomes Removal of Florida’s Confederate Statue from U.S. Capitol; Urge Senate Passage of HR 3005

July 13, 2022

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, a statue of Mary McLeod Bethune will be installed in National Statuary Hall, replacing imagery of a racist Confederate leader. In 2021, the House passed HR 3005 requiring removal of every statue of...

Dobbs Ruling Overturning Roe v. Wade Will Roll Back the Human Rights of Many in the Deep South 

June 24, 2022

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld Mississippi’s ban on all abortions after 15 weeks, overturning the Court’s own 1973 landmark decision in Roe v. Wade. The Court’s ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health...

SPLC Action Fund Applauds Biden Executive Order Advancing LGBTQI+ Equality

June 16, 2022

WASHINGTON – Yesterday, President Joe Biden issued an Executive Order on Advancing Equality for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, and Intersex Individuals. The following statement is from Scott McCoy, SPLC Action Fund...

SPLC Action Fund: Three More Years of Post-Parkland Commission Won’t Protect Our Students from Gun Violence

June 09, 2022

FLORIDA – On Tuesday, Gov. Ron DeSantis signed HB 1421, a bill extending the term of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Public Safety Commission by three years. It also gives the Commission new authority to monitor...

Alabama

SPLC Action Fund Billboards Celebrate Pride Month; Supports ALL Alabama Families Targeted by Ivey’s Anti-LGBTQ+ Legislation

June 08, 2022

MONTGOMERY, Ala. – Today, the SPLC Action Fund raised two billboards in Alabama. The “ Protect ALL Families ” billboard was raised in Birmingham to uplift Alabama’s LGBTQ+ youth and families targeted by SB184 . It is located at...

Louisiana

Policy

SPLC Action Fund Applauds Passage of Bill Removing Confederate Holidays; Urges Governor to Sign Without Delay

June 06, 2022

BATON ROUGE – Last week, the Louisiana Senate passed House Bill 248 to remove Robert E. Lee Day and Confederate Memorial Day from the state’s official calendar of holidays. The bill now moves to Gov. John Bel Edwards for...

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