Civil Rights

The ACLU is suing the state to strike down a new law banning prison inmates from receiving gender-affirming surgery.

Among other things, the expansion of the law would protect people who’ve had abortions from being denied a job, a promotion, or housing.

Joshua Titus pleaded guilty last month to beating a man handcuffed to a chair during a 2018 arrest. His plea deal states he could receive an 18-month sentence for the federal civil rights violation.

LGBTQ protections are now covered in Michigan’s civil rights law under a bill signed Thursday by Governor Gretchen Whitmer.

Legal experts say after oral arguments on Nov. 8, they think the Supreme Court justices seem reluctant to undo decades of legal precedent when it comes to Medicaid beneficiaries' rights.

A man’s family sued a state-owned nursing home in Indiana for alleged mistreatment. The case will soon be heard by the nation’s highest court, and the outcome could strip millions of vulnerable Americans of the right to sue government agencies when their rights are violated.

The agency that oversees the Marion County Public Health Department of Health and Eskenazi Health has been accused of breaking Indiana's Open Door Law. This comes as the agency prepares to argue a case before the Supreme Court next month.

Patient advocates, members of the public and state lawmakers are urging the Health and Hospital Corporation of Marion County to withdraw a case it has filed with the U.S. Supreme Court.

Former Elkhart Police Department officer Cory Newland has pled guilty in a federal civil rights trial over his 2018 beating of a handcuffed man.

A Southern Indiana prosecutor has filed more criminal charges related to federal lawsuits against a county sheriff and jail officers.