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Gov. Gregoire worked with abortion giant to craft most punitive anti-freedom referral policy in US

The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Legal Counsel Christiana Holcomb regarding a call issued Wednesday by the American Civil Liberties Union and various female athletes for the NCAA to move its 2021 Men’s Basketball Championship from Idaho because the state passed the Fairness in Women’s Sports Act that prevents males from competing in women’s sports: “It’s profoundly ironic and deeply disappointing that a few female athletes—women who have clearly benefited from the athletic opportunities protected by Title IX—are now advocating to abolish female-only sports ...

The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel and Director of the ADF Center for Life Denise Harle regarding a friend-of-the-court brief ADF attorneys filed Thursday with the South Carolina Supreme Court in Planned Parenthood South Atlantic v. State of South Carolina on behalf of the American Association of Pro-Life Obstetricians and Gynecologists and Dr. Christine Hemphill, a South Carolina OBGYN, in support of the state’s law which protects unborn children from abortion after a fetal heartbeat is detected: “All human life is worth protecting—from ...

The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel Christiana Kiefer regarding the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit’s decision issued Friday in Adams v. School Board of St. Johns County that protects students’ privacy by separating school bathrooms based on biological sex: “We’re pleased the 11th Circuit has affirmed that sex is a distinct biological class that merits protection under the law, a reality that female athletes and so many others across the country have been fighting to protect. And if gender identity advocates had had their way, St. Johns ...

The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel Christiana Kiefer regarding Missouri Gov. Mike Parson’s signing Wednesday of SB 39, a bill that protects athletic opportunities for female athletes from grade school to college by ensuring they are not forced to compete against men playing on women’s sports teams: “Girls deserve equal opportunities to experience the thrill of victory. We commend Missouri for becoming the 22nd state to ensure women and girls can compete on a level playing field. The increasing incidents nationwide of males dominating girls’ ...

ADF attorneys represent beauty pageant in victorious ruling preserving production’s ability to advance opportunities for women

The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel Christiana Kiefer regarding the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision Thursday to leave in place for now a federal appeals court’s temporary injunction that prevents West Virginia from enforcing its validly enacted law protecting women’s sports while the case continues in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit: “Today’s decision didn’t end this case. While we hoped the Supreme Court would lift the injunction that the 4th Circuit imposed—with no explanation—on West Virginia’s women’s sports law, we remain ...

Court says churches are not “public accommodations,” facility use and speech activity out of reach of state agencies

ADF attorneys represent female athlete helping to defend WV’s Save Women’s Sports Act

The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Legal Counsel Christiana Holcomb regarding Georgia Sen. Kelly Loeffler’s Tuesday introduction of a bill that protects women’s sports by clarifying that in Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, sex shall be recognized based solely on a person’s reproductive biology and genetics at birth: “Women and girls deserve the opportunity to be champions. We commend Sen. Loeffler for introducing commonsense legislation that clarifies this important but simple truth. Title IX was designed to protect equal athletic opportunities ...