"civil libertarian" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1991 April 22, Chris Nealon, “Activists Hail Michigan Decision On Pregnant Women”, in Gay Community News, page 2:",
          "text": "Prosecutors had argued that because Hardy used crack a few hours before her son's birth, she was essentially trafficking drugs to her son. Hardy's lawyers argued that drug trafficking laws do not apply to pregnant women. In addition, civil libertarians said, pregnant women generally have no access to drug treatment programs that might help them.",
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          "ref": "2023 February, Jesse Walker, “A Modern History of 'Groomer' Politics”, in Reason:",
          "text": "Then the D.A. set up an anonymous hotline for people to report suspected predators, a system that civil libertarians feared would be used to target anyone a caller thought might be gay.",
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        "An advocate of civil liberties."
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