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Transgender Youth Medical Ban in Tennessee Faces Supreme Court Scrutiny

Jun 24, 2024 at 02:03 pm by WGNS News

  The Supreme Court of the United States has agreed to hear a case against a 2023 Tennessee law that bans certain medical care for transgender youth. The case was brough.... Read More

ACLU Settlement Ends LGBTQ+ Ordinance in Murfreesboro

Feb 07, 2024 at 10:10 pm by Chandelar Williams

Murfreesboro, TN- The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Tennessee has settled a lawsuit ending what some have nicknamed the LGBTQ+ ordinance in Murfreesboro. The ACLU.... Read More

Plaintiffs File Federal Suit to Overturn Tennessee’s Aggravated Prostitution Statute

Oct 24, 2023 at 06:30 am by WGNS News

Tennessee’s Aggravated Prostitution statute and related sex offender registration requirements are unconstitutional and violate the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).... Read More

New Bill Banning Sex Change Related Procedures on Minors in Tennessee Halted by a Federal Judge

Jun 29, 2023 at 09:21 am by WGNS News

Rutherford County, TN – A new bill that banned doctors in Tennessee from performing sex change operations on teens and children under the age of 18 has been met with a l.... Read More

ACLU and Others File Lawsuit Over Bill that Bans Doctors from Performing Sex Change Operations on Minors in TN

Apr 20, 2023 at 08:55 pm by WGNS News

Rutherford County, TN - A new bill that was passed last month has groups like the ACLU and Lambda Legal upset to the point of filing suit against the State of Tennessee. The o.... Read More

UPDATE: Sex-Change Surgery Related Bills focus on Minors and Those who are on TennCare

Feb 24, 2023 at 10:10 am by WGNS News

Rutherford County, TN - House Bill 0009 has been in the headlines in recent days, both locally and across the country. The bill deals with minors having surgery to change thei.... Read More

ACLU-TN Reports "Disturbed by Lethal Injection Report, Calls for Moratorium on Death Penalty"

Dec 29, 2022 at 05:48 pm by WGNS Radio News

According to the ACLU of Tennessee, Governor Bill Lee’s office released an independent investigator’s report on the state’s lethal injection operat.... Read More

Murfreesboro’s Own ‘Miracle’, John Dempsey to Represent Tennessee at the National Right to Life Pro-Life Oratory Contest

May 12, 2022 at 04:05 pm by WGNS

(Murfreesboro, TN) “The doctor told my parents that abortion was their only option…so they fired him,” stated John Dempsey during the recent Tennessee.... Read More

ACLU Reports the ban on abortion if sought for certain reasons, including Down syndrome, is blocked again

Sep 10, 2021 at 04:36 pm by WGNS

Press release from the Tennessee ACLU Chapter: The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit blocked a Tennessee ban on abortion starting at approximately six.... Read More

ACLU Files Lawsuit Challenging New Tennessee Law Requiring Restroom Warning Signs

Jun 25, 2021 at 11:55 am by WGNS

(Release from the ACLU) The American Civil Liberties Union of Tennessee and the ACLU filed a lawsuit in federal court today challenging a new, first-of-its-kind Tennessee law.... Read More

Tennessee bill says high school athletes must compete as gender they were born

Mar 29, 2021 at 07:15 am by WGNS

Both chambers of the Tennessee General Assembly gave final approval to legislation that claims to protect the competitive balance of women’s sports last week.House Bill.... Read More

ACLU: Statement on Bill Excluding Transgender Student Athletes Passing Tennessee Senate

Mar 02, 2021 at 06:53 am by WGNS

On Monday, March 1st, the Tennessee Senate passed SB 228/HB 3, which would prohibit transgender student athletes from participating in athletics consistent with thei.... Read More

ACLU: Tennessee Supreme Court Allows Mail Ballots for All Voters With Underlying Health Conditions and Their Caretakers

Aug 06, 2020 at 06:00 am by WGNS

Under a Tennessee Supreme Court decision issued today, the state must permit every eligible voter with an underlying health condition that makes them especially vulnerable to.... Read More

ACLU-TN Releases Report Analyzing Tennessee's Jail Populations During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Jul 16, 2020 at 03:30 pm by WGNS

The American Civil Liberties Union of Tennessee released a comprehensive, statewide report that illustrates the cumulative impact of varying efforts to decarcerate local jails.... Read More

ACLU-TN Demands Halt to Seizure of Protesters’ Property

Jul 06, 2020 at 08:00 am by WGNS

The ACLU of Tennessee and Shuttleworth, PLLC sent a letter to Governor Lee today calling on the state to respect Tennesseans’ right to peacefully assemble and protest an.... Read More