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The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel Kate Anderson, director of the ADF Center for Parental Rights, regarding two formal comments ADF attorneys submitted Friday in support of Oklahoma Superintendent of Public Instruction Ryan Walters’s proposed education regulations that ensure respect for the role of parents in directing the education and health care of their children and protect the privacy and safety of female students: “Parents know their kids best. As the primary caregivers, parents are best positioned to make good decisions about their kids’ ...

The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel Matt Sharp, director of the ADF Center for Legislative Advocacy, regarding the Kentucky Legislature’s override Wednesday of Gov. Andy Beshear’s veto of SB 150, a bill that protects children from dangerous, life-altering medical procedures and ensures parents have access and accountability in their children’s schools: “Denying the truth that we are either male or female causes real harm to people, especially vulnerable children. Today, the Kentucky Legislature enacted vital protections for young children and ...

The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel Matt Bowman regarding a proposed rule released Monday by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services that reinterprets federal law to prohibit discrimination based on gender identity and sexual orientation, requiring doctors to perform harmful medical procedures that seek to alter a patient’s biological sex even if the procedure violates the doctor’s medical judgment or religious beliefs. The new proposed rule would also prohibit discrimination on the basis of “termination of pregnancy”—an action that could ...

The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel Gregory S. Baylor regarding the U.S. House of Representatives’ approval Friday of HR 5129, a bill that eliminates religious freedom protections for faith-based participants in the Community Services Block Grant program: “Faith-based organizations contribute significantly to their communities by providing compassionate care to the most vulnerable among us. That’s exactly why faith-based social service providers participate in the Community Services Block Grant program. But now the House has voted to eliminate ...

The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel and Vice President of Advocacy Strategy Emilie Kao, on behalf of the Promise to America’s Parents Coalition, regarding new policies the Virginia Department of Education announced Tuesday that ensure respect for the role of parents in directing the education and care of their children: “The Promise to America’s Parents Coalition—a coalition of 40 grassroots and policy organizations that work to preserve the fundamental right of parents to direct their children’s upbringing, education, and care—supports Virginia’s ...

The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel Kate Anderson, director of the ADF Center for Parental Rights, regarding a formal comment ADF submitted Wednesday in support of Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s proposed education policies that ensure respect for the role of parents in directing the education and health care of their children: “Parents are the primary caregivers of their children and are in the best position to know what’s best for their own kids’ education and health care needs. Government officials and school administrators can’t usurp the role ...

The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel Julie Marie Blake regarding the formal comment ADF attorneys submitted Monday urging the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to withdraw its proposed rule that redefines “sex” in federal health law to add abortion, gender identity, and sexual orientation: “The Biden administration’s proposed health care mandate would impair some of our most fundamental human rights: the right to life, freedom of speech, religious exercise, parental rights, and freedom of conscience. Specifically, the proposed rule ...

The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Legal Counsel Christiana Holcomb regarding President Joe Biden's executive order released Wednesday that instructs federal agencies to reinterpret federal laws and regulations that prohibit sex discrimination—including Title IX—to include gender identity so that women and girls are no longer protected in sports, locker rooms, and other contexts: “Unfortunately, the Biden administration wasted no time in demanding policies that gut legal protections for women by denying female athletes fair competition in sports, ignoring women ...

Alliance Defending Freedom lawsuit on behalf of 6th-grade student prompts change to speech policy

The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel Matt Sharp, director of the ADF Center for Public Policy, regarding South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster’s signing Tuesday of H. 4624, a law that protects children from the administration of life-altering sex-related surgeries, puberty blockers, and cross-sex hormones and affirms the biological reality of sex as male and female: “There are only two sexes—male and female—and denying this basic truth hurts vulnerable children. Now and always, our kids deserve the loving embrace of family members who guide them ...