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Aug 16, 2022

New Jersey Relies on an Algorithm to Determine Benefits for Survivors of Domestic Violence – But Should It Be Used at All?

Speech, Privacy & Technology

Domestic violence survivors in New Jersey are eligible for special public benefits to assist in their escape and recovery from abuse. But who decides if a domestic violence survivor will be awarded those...

Domestic violence survivors in New Jersey are eligible for special public benefits to assist in their escape and recovery from abuse. But who decides if a domestic violence survivor will be awarded those...

An illustration of a woman who is sitting at a table with scattered papers in front of her. She is resting her head in her hands, in distress,
An illustration of a woman who is sitting at a table with scattered papers in front of her. She is resting her head in her hands, in distress,
Aug 12, 2022

To Fight a Stacked Federal Bench, the ACLU Goes to the States

Criminal Legal System
As federal courts grow more hostile to civil rights and civil liberties, the ACLU turns to state courts — building on a century of experience.
As federal courts grow more hostile to civil rights and civil liberties, the ACLU turns to state courts — building on a century of experience.
Stars on the American flag.
Stars on the American flag.
Aug 9, 2022

How the Government Relies on Algorithms to Allocate Healthcare Benefits – and Why These Secret Formulas Threaten Patients’ Fundamental Rights

Speech, Privacy & Technology

When faced with important health care decisions, we often turn to doctors, service providers, family, and friends. But today, another actor plays a growing role in those decisions as the government and...

When faced with important health care decisions, we often turn to doctors, service providers, family, and friends. But today, another actor plays a growing role in those decisions as the government and...

an illustration with a yellow background and text that reads: Medicaid Algorithms. A group of three people, including a person sitting down in a wheelchair is at the foreground. On the right, there is a collage of pills, syringe, and a medical toolbox.
an illustration with a yellow background and text that reads: Medicaid Algorithms. A group of three people, including a person sitting down in a wheelchair is at the foreground. On the right, there is a collage of pills, syringe, and a medical toolbox.
Aug 7, 2022

Lawmakers Must Do Their Part and Expand Abortion Access for New Jerseyans

Abortion Access

New Jersey lawmakers can bolster abortion access amid the national post-Dobbs crisis, but it requires immediate action and bold leadership. S2918/A4350, currently before the Legislature, would expand access...

New Jersey lawmakers can bolster abortion access amid the national post-Dobbs crisis, but it requires immediate action and bold leadership. S2918/A4350, currently before the Legislature, would expand access...

Pro-abortion signage in front of the Supreme Court.
Pro-abortion signage in front of the Supreme Court.
Aug 2, 2022

For Trenton’s Summer Sessions, There’s a Special Responsibility to Expand Abortion Access

Gender, Sexuality & Reproductive Freedom

Lawmakers in Trenton are reconvening beginning Monday, Aug. 8, with the aim of tackling pending issues on their agenda, focusing in particular on seating a backlog of judicial nominees. A fundamental issue...

Lawmakers in Trenton are reconvening beginning Monday, Aug. 8, with the aim of tackling pending issues on their agenda, focusing in particular on seating a backlog of judicial nominees. A fundamental issue...

A group of masked protesters are holding signs that read: "Abortion access for all" and "Abortion is healthcare. Abortion is a right."
A group of masked protesters are holding signs that read: "Abortion access for all" and "Abortion is healthcare. Abortion is a right."
Aug 2, 2022

Why the ACLU-NJ's Automated Injustice Project is Investigating Government Algorithms and their Effect on all New Jerseyans

Speech, Privacy & Technology
Through our Automated Injustice Project, we’ve begun investigating a few instances when the New Jersey government has deployed algorithms and automated decision systems that impact our lives and wellbeing....
Through our Automated Injustice Project, we’ve begun investigating a few instances when the New Jersey government has deployed algorithms and automated decision systems that impact our lives and wellbeing....
A collage of a scale of justice balancing binary codes, an image of a black man being scanned by facial recognition technology, a stethescope, a stack of books and an apple
A collage of a scale of justice balancing binary codes, an image of a black man being scanned by facial recognition technology, a stethescope, a stack of books and an apple