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The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel Chris Schandevel regarding the Iowa Supreme Court’s deadlocked order Friday in Planned Parenthood of the Heartland v. Reynolds. That result, with the justices split 3-3 on how to resolve the case, leaves in place a lower state court’s 2019 injunction that is preventing Iowa’s fetal heartbeat law from taking effect: “States have the strongest possible interest in protecting the most fundamental of our human rights—the right to life. Iowans are eager to affirm that life is a human right, which is why the ...

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… that allows state to censor, control his artistic work ADF attorneys represent Bob Updegrove Published April 29, … appeal to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit, ADF attorneys will argue that the district court should not … should be free to choose the messages they promote,” said ADF Senior Counsel and Director of the ADF Center for …

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… Cost of violating First Amendment for OSU: $101,000 ADF settles attorneys’ fees, damages after winning lawsuit …

The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom General Counsel Kristen Waggoner regarding South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem’s decision Friday to only partially agree to a bill passed by the legislature to protect females competing in sports: “Today, Gov. Noem proposed changes to House Bill 1217 that would eliminate protections for female college athletes outright and gut the ability for all women and girls to have recourse against unfair policies in women’s sports. Her misguided attempt to play politics and placate national corporate interests like Amazon is not what we would ...

The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel Caleb Dalton regarding a ruling by the Johnson County District Court Monday in Hodes & Nauser v. Kobach that allows Planned Parenthood and other abortionists to temporarily block enforcement of Kansas’ pro-life, pro-woman law, the Woman’s Right to Know Act: “For decades, women in Kansas have been empowered to make fully informed decisions when it comes to the health of their pregnancies and the consequential decision to end the life of their unborn child. These kinds of informed consent laws reflect the long ...

The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel Christiana Holcomb regarding Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly’s veto Friday of SB 160, a bill that protects opportunities for women and girls in athletics by ensuring they are not forced to compete against males playing on women’s sports teams: “By vetoing this bill, Gov. Kelly has chosen—for the second time—to reject fairness in sports for thousands of women and girls in Kansas. When biological differences are ignored, women and girls bear the brunt of the harm. The incidents of males dominating girls’ athletic ...

The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel Christiana Kiefer regarding the introduction Thursday of a resolution introduced by Sen. Joni Ernst celebrating the expansion of opportunities for female athletes since the enactment of Title IX and recognizing the need to preserve fairness in women’s sports: “For more than 50 years, Title IX has protected equal athletic opportunities for women. Sadly, the Biden administration is threatening those opportunities by pretending that men do not have a significant advantage over women when it comes to athletics. As ...

The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel Christiana Kiefer regarding Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly’s veto Friday of the Fairness in Women’s Sports Act, as bill that protects opportunities for women and girls in athletics by ensuring they are not forced to compete against males playing on women’s sports teams: “By vetoing this bill, Gov. Kelly has chosen—for the third time—to reject fairness in sports for thousands of women and girls in Kansas. Allowing males to compete in girls’ sports is discriminatory and destroys fair competition and women’s athletic ...