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… “pro-life” continued to grow during the 1970s as advocacy on behalf of the unborn became a major political force. In … ironically, anti-woman. Furthermore, many of the abortion laws Alliance Defending Freedom has defended have included … empower women. Consider Planned Parenthood of Montana v. State of Montana . In that case, Planned Parenthood sued …

… Washington State Wants to Force This Church to Pay for Abortions As a … freedom. Some government officials put the First Amendment on hold and treated churches worse than secular businesses , … that the district court was wrong to dismiss the church’s free-exercise claim. August 2023: After the district court …

… one of those niche terms that you might hear at a lecture on a public university campus. In some sense, that’s true. … word “woman” can’t be objectively defined, how can we pass laws meant to protect women? If the elimination of sexual … for Jessica Bates because she wouldn’t adopt the state’s radical gender ideology. In Oregon, ADF is …

… free speech zone and designate it as the only place on campus where students and faculty can exercise their First … the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. If you’re a student at a public university, the outdoor areas of campus … below.   Chike Uzuegbunam Turning Point USA, Grand Valley State Ratio Christi, University of Colorado Brittany Mirelez …

… ADF Defends Oklahoma State Agency That Refused to Discriminate Against Catholic … While proponents of “church-state separation” often harp on the first clause of that protection, they sometimes seem … of Columbia v. Comer —won by Alliance Defending Freedom in 2017—the Court ruled that such discrimination is “odious to …

… be involved from the very beginning, all the way back in 2017. ADF Senior Counsel Erin Hawley discusses the meaning of … and added a new “viability” standard to assess whether a state’s abortion regulations imposed an “undue burden” on a … for the 5th Circuit had just ruled that states cannot pass laws like Mississippi’s that limit abortion before the point …

… Are ADF’s Cases ‘Made Up’? ADF’s clients have faced laws that threatened their constitutional rights. Those … outlets distorting the work of Alliance Defending Freedom. On Sept. 28, The Washington Post published an article … of pregnancy centers and two individual centers in the state seeking to have the unconstitutional law struck down. …

… State Legislatures Are at the Front Lines of Securing … Advocacy. Written by Natalie Allen Published September 14, 2022 As the 2022 midterm elections approach, the media … in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization . In 2017, ADF attorneys worked with Mississippi to help draft the …

… said. “It was just a time I had to take a stand.” Read the details of Barronelle’s case below. Barronelle Stutzman ended … have been over, but then the Attorney General of the State of Washington heard about Barronelle’s decision through … Attorney General of Washington sued Barronelle. February 2017 : The Washington Supreme Court ruled that the government …

… daily lives. Agency “regulations,” although they are not laws, have significant effects on the way Americans conduct business or live their lives. … Lainey Armistead, who played soccer at West Virginia State University. Lainey intervened in a federal lawsuit to …