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The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel Austin R. Nimocks regarding the decision of the U.S. Supreme Court Wednesday to strike down the federal Defense of Marriage Act in United States v. Windsor: “The Supreme Court got it wrong in saying that a state that has redefined marriage can force that definition on the federal government. The federal government should be able to define what marriage is for federal law just as states need to be able to define what marriage is for state law. Americans should be able to continue advancing the truth about ...

The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel Steven H. Aden, special assistant attorney general in defense of Arizona’s Whole Woman’s Healthcare Funding Prioritization Act, regarding the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision Monday to let stand a U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit ruling that struck down the act: “Taxpayers should not be forced to subsidize the work of abortionists. Arizona should be free to enforce its public interest against the taxpayer funding of abortion and in favor of the best health care for women, which is what this law sought ...

The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Legal Counsel Jeremy Tedesco regarding a federal court ruling in The Children First Foundation v. Fiala, which rejects a pro-adoption group’s application to sponsor a “Choose Life” specialty plate with the New York Department of Motor Vehicles: “Pro-adoption organizations should have the same speech rights as any other organization. While the district court affirmed this basic freedom, the circuit court denied free speech in favor of government censorship. The state doesn’t have the authority to target The Children ...

Appeal aims to stop state officials from recognizing foreign same-sex “marriages”

ADF attorneys successfully argue that clinics dispensing abortion-inducing drugs are not exempt from Mo. health safety law

The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel Steven H. Aden regarding the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision Thursday in Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt that invalidates a Texas law requiring abortion facilities to meet the same health and safety standards as ambulatory surgical centers and that further protected women by requiring abortionists to have admitting privileges at a local hospital in the event a woman must seek hospital care due to post-abortion complications: “Abortionists shouldn’t be given a free pass to elude medical requirements that ...

The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel Gary McCaleb regarding notices filed Tuesday in two federal court cases, Students and Parents for Privacy v. United States Department of Education and Board of Education of the Highland Local School District v. United States Department of Education, that remove the defendant federal agencies and officials from the lawsuits because of their change of position on student privacy, leaving in place the remaining defendants: “Earlier this year, the Departments of Education and Justice rescinded the misleading ...

Supreme Court leaves in place premature 9th Circuit order against Prop. 8

ADF attorneys represent Turning Point USA chapter organizers

Legal team defending California marriage amendment files final brief with U.S. Supreme Court