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The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel Denise Burke regarding the Wyoming Legislature’s passage of HB 148, a bill that protects maternal health and the unborn: “Every human life is valuable, and every baby deserves to be protected. We are glad that Wyoming continues to enact laws that promote the safety and wellbeing of mothers and preserve the lives of children. This legislation specifically ensures that abortion facilities meet the same health and safety standards as other ambulatory surgical centers and that ultrasounds are performed prior to ...

The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel Zack Pruitt regarding the U.S. Senate Committee on Rules and Administration’s markup hearing Tuesday on S-1, legislation that expands the definition of “political speech” and dramatically alters the First Amendment speech and association protections that American citizens have enjoyed since the founding of our country: “The Senate Rules Committee has kept alive a bill that tramples on the free speech and free association rights of American citizens. S-1’s 800 pages of complex and convoluted text impose ...

WHO: Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin, Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey, Alliance Defending Freedom client Amelia Ford, an Arkansas athlete WHAT: Press conference following the filing of the lawsuit, State of Arkansas v. U.S. Department of Education, in which six states are suing the Biden administration over its recent attempt to rewrite Title IX, a federal law designed to create equal opportunities for students in education and athletics WHEN: 10 a.m. CDT, Tuesday, May 7 WHERE: Office of the Arkansas Attorney General, 323 Center St., Suite 200, Little Rock; or watch the ...

On behalf of Arkansas female athlete, ADF attorneys join six states in seeking to preserve student fairness, privacy, safety, and free speech

ADF attorneys available for media interviews prior to, following hearing Thursday

The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Legal Counsel Greg Chafuen regarding Gov. Eric Holcomb’s signing Thursday of SB 263, a bill sponsored by Sens. Eric Koch, Liz Brown, and Aaron Freeman that ensures churches and other religious organizations are allowed to remain open during a state of emergency on the same 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 responsibility to ...

The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Legal Counsel Christiana Holcomb regarding Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte’s signing Friday of the Save Women’s Sports Act, a bill sponsored by Rep. John Fuller that protects opportunities for women and girls in athletics by ensuring they are not forced to compete against men playing on women’s sports teams. Montana joins Idaho, Mississippi, Arkansas, and West Virginia in protecting K-12 and collegiate sports for women and girls: “Allowing males to compete in girls’ sports destroys fair competition and women’s athletic ...

The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel and Senior Vice President of Corporate Engagement Jeremy Tedesco regarding a multi-state letter, led by Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen, which calls upon Wells Fargo to provide necessary transparency into policies that allow for discriminatory de-banking, as well as racial discrimination under the guise of so-called “diversity, equity, and inclusion” policies: “Denying basic financial services to people based on their political or religious beliefs is un-American. Banks are using ‘reputational risk’ or ...

The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel and Senior Vice President of Corporate Engagement Jeremy Tedesco regarding documents procured by the U.S. House of Representatives’ Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government which reveal that, as part of its efforts to urge financial institutions to monitor their customers to identify domestic threats, the U.S. Department of the Treasury shared a list of “hate groups” published by the hyper-partisan Institute for Strategic Dialogue. The list includes ADF and numerous other mainstream ...

The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel Erik Baptist regarding a correction YouTube made to its “context” disclaimer on videos ADF posted on the platform explaining the serious harms abortion drugs can cause women. YouTube made the change after receiving a letter on Monday from 16 state attorneys general asking it to correct or remove the misleading disclaimer: “Women deserve to know the truth about the risks posed by abortion drugs, which is why first-hand accounts like the ones ADF posted on YouTube are so vital. Thanks to the leadership of state ...