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… served best when counselors and therapists can put their client’s best interest first. To do that, our laws should … or that the counselor believes to be harmful to the client. This critical legislation ensures that counselors and … when they have a conscientious objection to counseling a client toward a particular outcome that would violate their …

The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel Julie Marie Blake regarding proposed regulations the Biden administration announced Monday for implementing the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s proposed rule hijacks the bipartisan law, which does not address abortion, to impose an abortion mandate on virtually every employer in the country, even those whose religious beliefs dictate that life begins at conception: “Congress sought to help pregnant workers, not force employers to facilitate abortions. The Biden ...

… pregnancy resource centers have been attacked (like ADF client CompassCare in New York), and government officials … with an associate degree.” Eight years after she was a client at a pregnancy resource center, she became the … she serves today to help those in situations like hers. Stories of trafficking like Jean Marie’s are not uncommon, …

The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel Julie Marie Blake regarding a formal comment ADF attorneys submitted Friday urging the U.S. Department of Education to withdraw its proposed rule that would roll back regulations that protect religious students from being singled out for discrimination at public universities: “Public universities must allow all students to speak freely, and they must allow student organizations to select their own leaders. As we explain in our comment submitted to the Department of Education, the administration’s plan to rescind ...

… the Religion Is Essential Act, a  bill  sponsored by Rep. Mary Bentley that ensures churches and other religious … the Religion Is Essential Act, a  bill  sponsored by Rep. Mary Bentley that ensures churches and other religious …

The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel Julie Marie Blake regarding a formal comment ADF attorneys submitted Monday with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services urging it to protect all Americans’ freedom to live out their conscientious and religious convictions: “Americans shouldn’t be forced to violate their ethical and religious beliefs. Yet, every year, countless medical practitioners needlessly suffer threats to their livelihoods and affronts to their faith just for asserting their rights to conscience and religious freedom. It’s ...

… a state law that allows the government to control the stories they tell. The law allows Minnesota to punish them … what stories to tell based on the story’s message, not any client’s personal characteristics. Minnesota Department of … what stories to tell based on the story’s message, not any client’s personal characteristics. Minnesota Department of …

… the democratic process,” said ADF Senior Legal Counsel Jim Campbell, director of the ADF Center for Marriage and … their faith.   # # # | Ref. 41516 Related Profiles Image Jim Campbell Chief Legal Counsel Jim Campbell serves as chief legal counsel with Alliance …

The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel Greg Baylor regarding Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz’s signing Thursday of HF 16, a bill that censors conversations between clients and counselors by dictating what goals can be pursued and what ideas can be discussed: “The government has no business censoring conversations between patients and counselors. HF 16 jeopardizes constitutionally protected freedom of speech by allowing government officials to insert themselves into private, sensitive conversations between counselors and their clients. Counselors shouldn’t be ...

The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel Julie Marie Blake regarding a formal comment ADF submitted Friday urging the Biden administration to withdraw its proposed rule change to federal health privacy laws that disregards the value of human life and ignores biological reality by hampering the enforcement of state pro-life laws and laws that protect children from dangerous and life-altering medical procedures: “The Biden administration’s proposed rule would undermine state laws that protect expectant mothers and their unborn children from the harms of ...