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… Roe v. Wade decision, Peggy sensed an irresistible calling to get involved. “I knew I had to do something,” Peggy writes in her book Foot Soldiers … unexpected pregnancy, Anne had been abandoned by the baby’s father but was unwilling to abort her unborn child. Unless …

… Lydia Booth happily roams her family’s small Braxton, Mississippi, farm with a little pack of … enjoys bringing the cows buckets of something that seems to do for them what catnip does for the feline set. Most of … a clean glass case half as long as Lydia’s bed, listening to her murmured opinions and secrets and the music she coaxes …

… is the director of the Center for Life and leads her team’s litigation and advocacy efforts to defend pro-life laws around the nation. She also works … allies, speaks publicly on behalf of ADF, and works to defend the First Amendment freedoms of pro-life medical …

… L ike most of us, Jean Marie Davis knows enough not to pick up hitchhikers. Unlike some of us, she knows a nudge … the time.” If the young woman was startled at her driver’s deduction, at least she didn’t deny it. “I smoke crack,” … clients Alliance Defending Freedom is representing in a lawsuit challenging the Vermont law. The case is currently …

… President and CEO Michael Farris, founded HSLDA in 1983 to protect the right of families to provide personalized, at-home learning for their children. Smith’s view of education took a profound turn in 1981, when he …

… You might think a commitment to protecting unborn life would be an asset for a midwife. In … almost ended my career before it began. I had wanted to be a midwife since I was in my late teens and started to … on the grounds that we conflicted with the university’s Equal Opportunities Policy. (I don’t think the university …

… and Scholarship. In this role, Shafer devotes his efforts to strategic research and innovation. Since joining ADF in … on public interest and civil constitutional cases. Shafer’s litigation endeavors have included criminal jury trials; … Marriage Amendment; asserting the prerogatives of parents to home-school their children, including the In Re Rachel L. …

… students and professors. Lorence argued before the U.S. Supreme Court in the precedent-setting  Southworth v. … university’s requirement that forced unwilling students to contribute to campus activist groups. He led the challenge to New York …

… Human Rights and has authored complaints and submissions to the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, International … In Gross v. Switzerland , he submitted that no right to assisted suicide or euthanasia exists under the European … , Coleman argued that European countries have a duty to protect Christian converts escaping persecution in their …

… speech. He has won cases upholding the rights of students to form religious clubs, invite classmates to church, and even perform a religious song at a school talent show. He authored an amicus brief to the U.S. Supreme Court on behalf of nearly 9,000 students, parents, …