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… The Dangers of Compelled Speech What is compelled speech? What has the Supreme Court said about … Institute of Family and Life Advocates v. Becerra (2018) ADF represented the National Institute of Family and … (a fact stipulated by all parties in court), the state still argued it had a right to compel her speech. In June …

… No, Treatment for an Ectopic Pregnancy Is Not an Abortion Ectopic pregnancy … Denise Harle Published September 14, 2023 Revised January 25, 2024 While Roe v. Wade was in effect from 1973 to 2022, …

… What You Should Know About the Respect for Marriage Act The misnamed ‘Respect for Marriage Act’ … Women’s Health Organization decision —and particularly Justice Clarence Thomas’s concurrence—to stoke fears that the … federal law called the Respect for Marriage Act. The bill is unnecessary and could have a disastrous effect on …

… themselves in front of the U.S. Supreme Court.   What is this case about? Campaign finance laws are supposed to ensure a fair playing field for candidates around the country. But Alaska’s laws were so … limits did not violate the Constitution. November 2018 : The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit affirmed …

… The Administrative State: The Lawmakers No One Votes For The unchecked power of the administrative state presents … voters. The president, the head of the executive branch, is supposed to enforce the laws, not make them. The … The first thing to realize about the administrative state is that even though the executive branch started as just a …

… Violate Your Conscience or Violate the Law ADF is challenging SB 1564, an Illinois law that would force … Defending Freedom having won a Supreme Court decision in 2018 that invalidated a similar law in California. No one … an unborn baby’s life, and she left the facility. But she still felt burdened to help women who found themselves with …

… Doctors to Perform Abortions Alliance Defending Freedom is involved in two cases concerning the Biden … strong pro-life policies. Now, the Biden administration is attempting to undermine that ruling by misusing federal … to provide medical screening and stabilizing treatment for emergency medical conditions, even if the patient is …

… A Q&A with Kate Anderson, Director of ADF’s Center for Parental Rights Director of the Center for Parental … of cases affirming this fundamental right. Yet, courts still don’t always protect parents’ rights, so our team is working to ensure that parental rights are afforded the …

… dysphoria or discomfort in being a girl. The Perez family is Catholic, and they raised their children with a biblical … Wendell is suing his daughter’s Florida school district for obstructing his and his wife’s right to direct their … of public schools and other secular schools, who are still in the crosshairs of this illegal mandate. In an ADF …

… to “not merely listen to the word,” but also to “[d]o what is says.” In other words, Christians are called to not just … “But I climbed the mountain and had nobody at the top waiting for me. I still felt like an orphan in my soul,” Mike says. Feeling …