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The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel Steven H. Aden, special assistant attorney general in defense of Arizona’s Whole Woman’s Healthcare Funding Prioritization Act, regarding the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision Monday to let stand a U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit ruling that struck down the act: “Taxpayers should not be forced to subsidize the work of abortionists. Arizona should be free to enforce its public interest against the taxpayer funding of abortion and in favor of the best health care for women, which is what this law sought ...

The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Legal Counsel Greg Chafuen regarding Gov. Chris Sununu’s signing Tuesday of HB 542, a bill sponsored by Reps. Keith Ammon, Jim Kofalt, and Travis O’Hara that ensures churches and other religious organizations are allowed to remain open during a state of emergency on the same or better terms as other businesses and services: “Houses of worship and religious organizations provide soul-sustaining operations that are essential to our society and protected by the First Amendment. While public officials have the authority and ...

The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Legal Counsel Greg Chafuen regarding South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster’s signing Monday of HB 3105, a bill sponsored by Rep. Richie Yow and Sens. Billy Garrett and George Campsen that ensures churches and other religious organizations are allowed to remain open during a state of emergency on the same or better terms as other businesses and services: “Houses of worship and religious organizations provide soul-sustaining operations that are essential to our society and protected by the First Amendment. While public officials ...

The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel and Vice President of Advocacy Strategy Emilie Kao regarding Rep. Debbie Lesko’s introduction Tuesday of a resolution that would add an amendment to the U.S. Constitution to protect parental rights: “Parents have the fundamental right to direct the upbringing, education, and care of their children. Sadly, as parents have stood before local school boards and state legislatures across the country to claim that right, they’ve been met by government officials who declare themselves the ultimate determiners of what’s ...

The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel and Vice President of Advocacy Strategy Emilie Kao regarding the Kentucky Legislature’s override of Gov. Andy Beshear’s veto Wednesday of SB 83, a bill designed to protect athletic opportunities for the state’s female athletes: “We commend the Kentucky Legislature for securing a level playing field for Kentucky’s female athletes by overriding Gov. Beshear’s misguided veto of SB 83. When the law ignores biological differences, women and girls bear the brunt of the harm. We’ve seen this in the increasing examples ...

The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Legal Counsel Greg Chafuen regarding Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders’ signing of the Conscience Protection Act, a bill that ensures that Arkansans are free to live and work according to their faith without fear of unjust government punishment: “Citizens should be able to stand up for their rights when the government stops them from living and worshiping according to their faith. The Conscience Protection Act strengthens Arkansans’ religious freedom rights by bolstering existing protections in the state’s Religious Freedom ...

The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom President, CEO, and General Counsel Michael Farris in response to Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn., mischaracterizing the work of ADF and its defense of religious freedom during a Senate Judiciary Committee nomination hearing Wednesday: “It is deeply regrettable that Sen. Franken is misinformed about our work on behalf of religious freedom, something so ‘extreme’ that even seven justices of the U.S. Supreme Court agreed with our position three months ago in Trinity Lutheran Church of Columbia v. Comer. There is a real danger of ...

The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel Denise Burke regarding the Kansas Senate’s vote Monday, following the House’s lead, to override Gov. Laura Kelly’s veto of HB 2749, a bill designed to better inform better support programs for mothers and their children, advance medical research, and protect the health of women by ensuring that the reasons why a woman chooses abortion are reported: “Women deserve real health care that supports them during pregnancy and provides alternatives to the grave risks that abortion poses to women’s physical and ...

The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel and Vice President of Appellate Advocacy John Bursch regarding a friend-of-the-court brief ADF attorneys filed Monday with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit in Villarreal v. City of Laredo on behalf of Young America’s Foundation to protect free speech by eliminating government officials’ immunity from liability when they clearly violate a citizen’s First Amendment rights: “Government officials, from college administrators to police officers, must be held accountable for unconstitutional or illegal ...

ADF attorneys available for media interviews following oral arguments Thursday