Gender, Sexuality and Reproductive Justice
At ACLU California Action, we believe in respecting, valuing, and supporting all Californians’ decisions about intimate relationships and reproduction, and we believe in gender equity for all.
We work to ensure access to reproductive health care and sex education and to dismantle systems that disproportionately harm the bodily autonomy and family integrity of people of color.
We strive to advance safety and rights for members of the LGBTQI community in schools, prisons and jails, and other spaces, and the ability of transgender and nonbinary people (especially transgender women of color) to express themselves authentically. By enabling people of all genders to participate equally in school, work, and public life, we build towards a more just society.
Gender, Sexuality and Reproductive Justice Legislation
Stop Reverse Demands (AB 793)
Criminal Justice & Policing, Democracy & Civic Engagement, Reproductive Justice & Gender Equity
Dragnet surveillance demands – so-called “reverse warrants”, “geofence warrants,” or “keyword warrants” – are a form of unconstitutional digital surveillance that put people at grave risk in a Post-Roe America. They can compel tech companies …
Protect the Right to Marry (ACA 5)
Reproductive Justice & Gender Equity
Stop Pregnancy Criminalization in California (AB 2223)
Reproductive Justice & Gender Equity
Reproductive freedom is under attack, and California is no exception. While other states ban abortions, reactionary groups in California are trying to prosecute pregnancy loss. Pregnancy criminalization is a rising threat – in the past …
Safer Streets for All Act (SB 357)
Criminal Justice & Policing, Reproductive Justice & Gender Equity
Everyone has a right to feel safe in their communities. California’s law that criminalizes loitering with intent to commit prostitution gives law enforcement a tool to harass and discriminate against Black and trans communities, particularly …
Protect UC Patient Access (Wiener) (SB 379)
Reproductive Justice & Gender Equity
Reproductive and gender-affirming care is under attack around the country. Recently, we have seen an alarming rise in states attempting to restrict reproductive care, like abortion, and ban the provision of healthcare to transgender young …
Bodily Autonomy, Dignity and Choice Act (SB 225)
Reproductive Justice & Gender Equity
Senate Bill 225 will allow people born with variations in their physical sex traits, many of whom identify as “intersex” to participate with their families in essential decisions about their own bodies. The bill delays …