ACLU of Missouri
@aclumo.bsky.social
The ACLU of Missouri dares to create a more perfect union — beyond one person, party, or side.
With MacArthur Justice Center and ArchCity Defenders, we filed a class action lawsuit against the Dept of Mental Health for failing its legal duties to people living with serious mental illness and disabilities during pretrial detainment after having been deemed incompetent to proceed to trial.
November 25, 2025 at 7:53 PM
With MacArthur Justice Center and ArchCity Defenders, we filed a class action lawsuit against the Dept of Mental Health for failing its legal duties to people living with serious mental illness and disabilities during pretrial detainment after having been deemed incompetent to proceed to trial.
The Governor-installed Attorney General's desperation is showing; she is terrified that Missourians will reject Washington DC's attempt to gerrymander our state.
November 22, 2025 at 4:57 PM
The Governor-installed Attorney General's desperation is showing; she is terrified that Missourians will reject Washington DC's attempt to gerrymander our state.
"The court saw SB775 for what it is, an unconstitutional censorship law that used the threat of fines & imprisonment to eliminate the guidance of professional librarians & parents and instead gave control over what our students read to politicians in Jefferson City,”
-Gillian Wilcox, ACLU of MO
-Gillian Wilcox, ACLU of MO
November 21, 2025 at 7:02 PM
"The court saw SB775 for what it is, an unconstitutional censorship law that used the threat of fines & imprisonment to eliminate the guidance of professional librarians & parents and instead gave control over what our students read to politicians in Jefferson City,”
-Gillian Wilcox, ACLU of MO
-Gillian Wilcox, ACLU of MO
Breaking News: We are at the Missouri Supreme Court fighting Missouri’s restrictive Voter ID law and defending our win blocking the state’s attempt to restrict voter engagement efforts.
November 19, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Breaking News: We are at the Missouri Supreme Court fighting Missouri’s restrictive Voter ID law and defending our win blocking the state’s attempt to restrict voter engagement efforts.
Columbia's B265-25 targets people experiencing houselessness by criminalizing people in public spaces and threatening 1A rights. It could apply to peaceful protests, fundraising efforts, or distribution of direct services and goods. Tell your Council Member: these are not our values. NO on B265-25.
November 14, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Columbia's B265-25 targets people experiencing houselessness by criminalizing people in public spaces and threatening 1A rights. It could apply to peaceful protests, fundraising efforts, or distribution of direct services and goods. Tell your Council Member: these are not our values. NO on B265-25.
"The new map faces a series of court challenges from orgs such as the ACLU of Missouri and the Missouri chapter of the NAACP. At the same time, a group called People Not Politicians launched a signature-gathering campaign to try to force a statewide vote that would strike down the map."
November 4, 2025 at 8:00 PM
"The new map faces a series of court challenges from orgs such as the ACLU of Missouri and the Missouri chapter of the NAACP. At the same time, a group called People Not Politicians launched a signature-gathering campaign to try to force a statewide vote that would strike down the map."
Remind a friend, abortion access is available in Missouri.
After the Right to Reproductive Freedom Initiative passed last November, Missourians gained access to care. First, hospital-based providers began to provide care without the threat of prosecution.
After the Right to Reproductive Freedom Initiative passed last November, Missourians gained access to care. First, hospital-based providers began to provide care without the threat of prosecution.
October 31, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Remind a friend, abortion access is available in Missouri.
After the Right to Reproductive Freedom Initiative passed last November, Missourians gained access to care. First, hospital-based providers began to provide care without the threat of prosecution.
After the Right to Reproductive Freedom Initiative passed last November, Missourians gained access to care. First, hospital-based providers began to provide care without the threat of prosecution.
The ACLU of Missouri is hiring for an internship on our Policy & Campaigns team. Our work covers several issues including free speech, religious freedom, voting rights, repro rights, LGBTQ+ equality, immigrants’ rights, racial equity, & privacy rights.
Learn more at www.aclu-mo.org/en/who-we-ar...
Learn more at www.aclu-mo.org/en/who-we-ar...
October 20, 2025 at 6:14 PM
The ACLU of Missouri is hiring for an internship on our Policy & Campaigns team. Our work covers several issues including free speech, religious freedom, voting rights, repro rights, LGBTQ+ equality, immigrants’ rights, racial equity, & privacy rights.
Learn more at www.aclu-mo.org/en/who-we-ar...
Learn more at www.aclu-mo.org/en/who-we-ar...
“The unanimous decision is a critical affirmation that patients can continue to access procedural abortions in Missouri. The court rejected this attempt by the Attorney General, and is continuing to allow Missourians to exercise their constitutional right to access abortion care where they live."
October 15, 2025 at 1:48 PM
“The unanimous decision is a critical affirmation that patients can continue to access procedural abortions in Missouri. The court rejected this attempt by the Attorney General, and is continuing to allow Missourians to exercise their constitutional right to access abortion care where they live."
Missouri has executed Lance Shockley.
Abolish the death penalty.
Abolish the death penalty.
October 14, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Missouri has executed Lance Shockley.
Abolish the death penalty.
Abolish the death penalty.
Abolish the death penalty. The death penalty violates the constitutional ban on cruel and unusual punishment, and is discriminatory, arbitrary, and prone to error in enforcement.
October 14, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Abolish the death penalty. The death penalty violates the constitutional ban on cruel and unusual punishment, and is discriminatory, arbitrary, and prone to error in enforcement.
Happening now: We are in court fighting the state’s unconstitutional book ban — passed as SB775 —that led to the immediate removal of hundreds of books from school libraries. We will always stand to protect student’s First Amendment right to access information.
October 8, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Happening now: We are in court fighting the state’s unconstitutional book ban — passed as SB775 —that led to the immediate removal of hundreds of books from school libraries. We will always stand to protect student’s First Amendment right to access information.
"Despite denying a deployment in Missouri just days ago, Kehoe's actions threaten people & businesses across the state & ignores the needs of the St. Louis community that is still in the midst of clean up from a devastating tornado,” said Luz María Henríquez, executive director -ACLU of Missouri.
October 2, 2025 at 2:16 PM
"Despite denying a deployment in Missouri just days ago, Kehoe's actions threaten people & businesses across the state & ignores the needs of the St. Louis community that is still in the midst of clean up from a devastating tornado,” said Luz María Henríquez, executive director -ACLU of Missouri.
Today in the Missouri Supreme Court, we joined our friends @lambdaLegal to fight a discriminatory ban that prevents Trans Youth from accessing care only because of their transgender status.
September 24, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Today in the Missouri Supreme Court, we joined our friends @lambdaLegal to fight a discriminatory ban that prevents Trans Youth from accessing care only because of their transgender status.
See you in court, Governor Kehoe.
September 12, 2025 at 9:39 PM
See you in court, Governor Kehoe.
We the people!
POV: You're with thousands of Missourians who believe people, not politicians, should have power in our state! ❤️💙
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September 12, 2025 at 1:54 AM
We the people!
Abortion care remains available in Missouri
We stood with Planned Parenthood to defend abortion access from the Gov's handpicked Attorney General. The AG continued her predecessor's efforts to overturn the will of the people.
We asked the court to block the ban on medication abortion care.
We stood with Planned Parenthood to defend abortion access from the Gov's handpicked Attorney General. The AG continued her predecessor's efforts to overturn the will of the people.
We asked the court to block the ban on medication abortion care.
September 11, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Abortion care remains available in Missouri
We stood with Planned Parenthood to defend abortion access from the Gov's handpicked Attorney General. The AG continued her predecessor's efforts to overturn the will of the people.
We asked the court to block the ban on medication abortion care.
We stood with Planned Parenthood to defend abortion access from the Gov's handpicked Attorney General. The AG continued her predecessor's efforts to overturn the will of the people.
We asked the court to block the ban on medication abortion care.
Breaking: With our friends at PPGreatPlains and @ppgreatrivers.bsky.social, we are defending the voter-approved constitutional amendment in two separate courts against the unelected Attorney General's attempt to reinstate the total abortion ban while we demand access to medication abortion care.
September 10, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Breaking: With our friends at PPGreatPlains and @ppgreatrivers.bsky.social, we are defending the voter-approved constitutional amendment in two separate courts against the unelected Attorney General's attempt to reinstate the total abortion ban while we demand access to medication abortion care.
"That all political power is vested in and derived from the people; that all government of right originates from the people, is founded upon their will only, and is instituted solely for the good of the whole."
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September 9, 2025 at 10:18 PM
"That all political power is vested in and derived from the people; that all government of right originates from the people, is founded upon their will only, and is instituted solely for the good of the whole."
Take the power back. secure.everyaction.com/Vpuyv0iR1kG5...
Take the power back. secure.everyaction.com/Vpuyv0iR1kG5...
Politicians in our state are gathering to silence Missourians by gutting the citizen ballot measures and illegally gerrymandering Kansas City at the request of elites in Washington D.C.
Join the fight to stop politicians from silencing Missourians.
Take action at linktr.ee/aclu_mo
Join the fight to stop politicians from silencing Missourians.
Take action at linktr.ee/aclu_mo
September 4, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Politicians in our state are gathering to silence Missourians by gutting the citizen ballot measures and illegally gerrymandering Kansas City at the request of elites in Washington D.C.
Join the fight to stop politicians from silencing Missourians.
Take action at linktr.ee/aclu_mo
Join the fight to stop politicians from silencing Missourians.
Take action at linktr.ee/aclu_mo
As Gov. Kehoe, President Pro Tem O'Laughlin, & Speaker Patterson cower to demands from Washington D.C. to further gerrymander our state, Missourians will be left with diminished representation, disenfranchisement, & more divisive politics. This power grab to subvert democracy is wrong for Missouri.
August 29, 2025 at 9:39 PM
As Gov. Kehoe, President Pro Tem O'Laughlin, & Speaker Patterson cower to demands from Washington D.C. to further gerrymander our state, Missourians will be left with diminished representation, disenfranchisement, & more divisive politics. This power grab to subvert democracy is wrong for Missouri.
Abortion Rights Update: we are in court fighting to preserve our right to reproductive freedom by asking the judge to rule Amendment 3, passed as HJR73, as unconstitutional and prevent it from appearing on a ballot or to give Missourians fair and accurate ballot language.
August 27, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Abortion Rights Update: we are in court fighting to preserve our right to reproductive freedom by asking the judge to rule Amendment 3, passed as HJR73, as unconstitutional and prevent it from appearing on a ballot or to give Missourians fair and accurate ballot language.
An overreliance on corporal punishment & expulsion has put the most vulnerable members of our community, our children, on a collision course with law enforcement and the school-to-prison pipeline while denying them the expectation that all children deserve an equal chance to receive an education.
August 21, 2025 at 2:59 PM
An overreliance on corporal punishment & expulsion has put the most vulnerable members of our community, our children, on a collision course with law enforcement and the school-to-prison pipeline while denying them the expectation that all children deserve an equal chance to receive an education.
The ACLU of Missouri is taking applications for a fall internship with our Policy and Campaigns Team. Our work covers several issues including free speech and association rights, voting rights, reproductive rights, LGBTQ+ equality, and more. Apply at www.aclu-mo.org/en/who-we-ar...
July 25, 2025 at 2:31 PM
The ACLU of Missouri is taking applications for a fall internship with our Policy and Campaigns Team. Our work covers several issues including free speech and association rights, voting rights, reproductive rights, LGBTQ+ equality, and more. Apply at www.aclu-mo.org/en/who-we-ar...
Breaking: A Jackson county judge issued a new preliminary injunction again blocking Missouri's abortion ban and several restrictions clearing the way for Planned Parenthood to provide procedural abortion care.
July 3, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Breaking: A Jackson county judge issued a new preliminary injunction again blocking Missouri's abortion ban and several restrictions clearing the way for Planned Parenthood to provide procedural abortion care.