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  • … Legislative Committee Takes First Step to Protect Medical Rights of Conscience in Florida The HELP Act ensures that medical professionals …
  • … Barack Obama signed the Affordable Care Act (ACA) into law in 2010, he championed the bill as providing Americans with … ignored several objections filed by various groups. In response, attorneys with Alliance Defending Freedom filed a … the change, the agency failed to do either. In May 2022, ADF attorneys filed a lawsuit on behalf of Dr. Tice-Harouff …
  • … The Heckler's Veto: Censorship in Disguise The heckler’s veto is the silencing of free … ruled that a controversial speech that had been given, in response to which a riot occurred, counted as … of the violent disrupters. Thankfully, in response to an ADF letter , the university allowed a do-over of the event in
  • … Public Spaces Protection Orders So-called ‘buffer zones’ in the U.K. are censoring people with pro-life convictions. … "act of approval/disapproval" toward abortion. It covers 10 streets surrounding Bournemouth’s abortion facility. … interfere" with the rights of “protesters.” ADF International’s Lois McLatchie explained the …
  • … School Board Scraps Policy After ADF Lawsuit A school district in Kansas tried to force teacher Pam Ricard to be dishonest with students and …
  • … Here’s How Our Laws Can Protect Fairness in Women's Sports Enacting comprehensive women’s sports laws … guarantee fair female athletic competition. Why should the 18-year-old in high school be protected but then lose that … on behalf of a male athlete who identifies as female. ADF intervened in the case on behalf of Lainey Armistead, a …
  • … 14, 2024 Revised February 27, 2024 “The duty of parents to provide for the maintenance of their children is a … not only by nature herself, but by their own proper act, in bringing them into the world.” These are the words of Sir … not have an independent right to vote until the age of 18. For the same reason, when the government regulates the …
  • to set the record—and the law—straight. Thankfully, ADF successfully defended the rights of church and ministry clients in 17 legal matters and assisted (or equipped others to … worship services,” said ADF Senior Counsel Ryan Tucker  in response to the governor’s decision in December 2020. “We’re …
  • … life-altering decisions without informing their parents. In some instances, school administrators have gone so far as … with the policy, she was later fired for confirming the details of the plan to a reporter who had already gathered … no right to exclude them from the lives of their children. ADF seeks to defend the rights of students, educators, and …
  • … by Neal Hardin Published November 8, 2022 Revised August 10, 2023 In J.R.R. Tolkien’s classic The Fellowship of the … for those claiming to be “non-binary.”) A generic statement might also use the pronoun “one” (e.g., “In such … education, and care of their children. As the litany of ADF cases below shows, these policies have become widespread …