Mercy Regional Medical Center
In a complaint filed with the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, the ACLU asked the state agency to investigate and stop enforcement of a policy of Mercy Regional Medical Center, a Catholic Hospital in Durango. The complaint asserts that the hospital is relying on the Catholic Ethical and Religious Directives to prohibit physicians....
Freedom of Expression & Religion, Reproductive Freedom
Planned Parenthood v. Owens
In this case, ACLU attorneys representing Dr. Warren Hern worked with attorneys representing Planned Parenthood and other abortion providers to challenge the Colorado Parental Notification Act, a ballot initiative approved by Colorado voters on November 3, 1998. It forbids physicians to provide abortions to a pregnant minor without first providing written....
Reproductive Freedom, Student and Youth Rights