Gender Equity| ACLU of Washington

Appeals Court Allows Lesbian Mother To Seek Parental Rights

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Monday, May 3, 2004

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.

New Rules Extend Insurance Coverage of Contraceptives

News Release, Published:

Monday, December 31, 2001

Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler has issued a new agency rule that will require all licensed health insurance companies in Washington to cover all FDA-approved prescription contraceptive devices and drugs if they cover other prescription drugs.

Washburn v. City of Federal Way

Washington Supreme Court ruled cities must protect a those with a protection order

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L.B., In re Parentage of

The ACLU filed a brief in support of a woman’s effort to gain parental rights over a child she helped raise with her partner, the child’s biological mother.

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Marriage of Hughes, in re

A brief supporting a pregnant woman’s right to end her marriage

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Reproductive Freedom

Hegwine v. Longview

The Washington Supreme Court has ruled that a Longview company broke state laws against sex discrimination when it refused to employ a woman because she was pregnant.

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Reproductive Freedom

Cedar Park Assembly v. Kriedler

Amicus brief arguing to uphold the Reproductive Parity Act’s requirement that employer-sponsored health plans include access to abortion services.

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Coffey v. Skagit County Public Hospital District No. 1

The ACLU filed a lawsuit in Skagit County Superior Court on behalf of a Mount Vernon woman seeking to have Skagit Regional Health comply with Washington’s Reproductive Privacy Act.

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Reproductive Freedom