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The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel Christiana Kiefer regarding an effort that began Tuesday by members of Congress to allow the U.S. House of Representatives to vote on the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act. The bill protects women’s sports by clarifying that, under Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, sex shall be recognized based solely on a person’s reproductive biology and genetics at birth: “Title IX was designed to stop discrimination and create equal athletic opportunities for women. But that purpose is being undermined ...

The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel Denise Burke regarding the U.S. House of Representatives’ passage Friday of the so-called “Women’s Health Protection Act,” legislation that does the opposite of its name by invalidating nearly every state law regulating abortion, thereby reducing health protections for women: “Today the House of Representatives voted in favor of a bill that endangers women and unborn babies under the guise of ‘health care.’ The so-called ‘Women’s Health Protection Act’ prohibits most—if not all—of the reasonable state ...

ADF attorneys represent four congregations in case against commonwealth officials

Vermont physicians and other health care workers who don’t want to offer suicide as a legitimate option to their patients say they are exploring their legal options in the wake of a federal court’s decision Wednesday to dismiss their lawsuit against Vermont officials in two state agencies.

The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Legal Counsel Greg Chafuen regarding the Religion Is Essential Act, which became law Wednesday. HB 1211, sponsored by Rep. Mary Bentley, ensures that churches and other religious organizations are allowed to remain open during a state of emergency on the same terms as businesses and other secular services: “While public officials have the authority and responsibility to protect public health and safety, the First Amendment prohibits the government from treating houses of worship and religious organizations worse than ...

The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel Emilie Kao, vice president of advocacy strategy, regarding a letter the Promise to America’s Parents Coalition sent Monday to California Gov. Gavin Newsom urging him to stand up for the safety and protection of children by vetoing SB 107. This dangerous piece of legislation would give California courts the ability to strip parents in other states of their parental rights if their child travels to California to obtain life-altering and irreversible surgeries. It also ignores the established authority of the other ...

College drops prohibition on student expression without dean’s permission, had restricted speech to .001% of campus

Tax agency fails to produce records, missed legally required deadline months ago

In new brief, ADF attorneys provide detail on why US Supreme Court should require the FDA to restore safety standards for abortion drugs

The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel Erin Hawley, vice president of the Center for Life and Regulatory Practice, regarding the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision Wednesday to hear the case U.S. Food and Drug Administration v. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine, in which the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit restored common-sense safeguards for chemical abortion drugs: “Every court so far has agreed that the FDA acted unlawfully in removing common-sense safeguards for women and authorizing dangerous mail-order abortions. We urge the Supreme Court ...