Parents and Students

Protect Your Children from the Consequences of Critical Theory
Access Alliance Defending Freedom’s free online training, Parental Rights in the Face of Critical Theory. This 45-minute webinar features ADF attorneys and parental rights experts who will equip you to stand up for your children and grandchildren in a hostile culture.
You’ll also receive a free copy of ADF’s Parents’ Toolkit on Critical Theory, which answers common questions about how to navigate the world of Critical Race Theory and Transgender Ideology and protect your children.

Guide to Navigating Gender Ideology in the Classroom
Parents have the ultimate responsibility to guide the education, healthcare, and other important life decisions regarding their child. However, harmful gender theory has permeated our education system, and many policies seek to drive a wedge between parent and child. This short guide provides three helpful ways parents can exercise their foundational rights and protect their children from the devastation caused by gender ideology.
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Students Rights Handbook
For students, parents, teachers, professors, and coaches:
From kindergarten through college, those on school campuses across the country are facing an increasing level of censorship and even punishment for speaking up about and living out their Christian values. But being a Christian means living out your faith in all aspects of your life, including at school, and the Constitution protects your right to do so.
Alliance Defending Freedom created this free legal guide to help you understand what your rights are on your school campus and give you the confidence to know that you don’t need to leave your faith at home.
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Defending Life: An Overview of Key Abortion Cases and Their Impact
Be ready to have impactful conversations with friends and family on abortion. Be ready to dispel common myths and help defend the rights of the unborn. Our guide provides a brief but detailed look at the abortion cases you need to know about, how they changed the legal landscape in America, and ways you can take an active role in standing up for unborn children.
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Life: 3 Myths and 3 Facts
Conversations with friends and family about abortion have become increasingly heated and emotional. The historic outcome of Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization provides a unique opportunity to dispel common myths about abortion while compassionately defending unborn lives. With this guide, we hope you will be prepared to navigate with boldness, truth, and grace the tough conversation involving abortion.
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First Amendment Myths and Facts
ADF is committed to defending your right to speak freely without fear of government punishment. Free speech is essential to building and supporting a culture that respects the right of all Americans to have and express their own opinions—without fear of government punishment. Be prepared to effectively defend free speech in conversations with friends and family.
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Religious Freedom: 3 Myths and 3 Facts
Conversations with friends and family can be challenging—especially if polarizing topics like politics or religion come up. Some religious freedom myths are accepted as truth and used to put down people of faith and religious organizations. When people say things like, “Religious freedom is just an excuse for discrimination,” we want you to be equipped to respond and set the record straight.
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The U.S. Constitution: 3 Myths and 3 Facts
Understanding the U.S. Constitution is the duty of every American. Alliance Defending Freedom has been standing for freedom since 1994. We know first-hand how crucial our Constitution is—it stands between freedom and the rule of man. With this guide, we hope to prepare you to defend freedom and help friends and family better understand and appreciate our Constitution.
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"Reproductive Freedom": 3 Claims & 3 Truths
Great gains have been made to safeguard life in post-Roe America. But the abortion industry has also taken advantage of the cultural moment to use Trojan Horse-style state ballot amendments that go well beyond Roe and put women, young girls, the unborn, nurses, doctors, and taxpayers at even further risk of harm.
This free guide from Alliance Defending Freedom will give you the facts about who could be harmed if these proposals become law and deceptive terms you’ll hear from the media and pro-abortion forces, like “reproductive freedom.”
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Holding the FDA Accountable: 3 Myths & 3 Facts
Finding truthful answers to questions surrounding the two-drug chemical abortion regimen (commonly referred to as the “abortion pill”) can be difficult, and this issue can be challenging for pro-life Americans to discuss. With this guide, you can be equipped to help defend freedom with the truth about chemical abortion drugs and the reckless actions of the FDA.
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Protect Your Ministry
For Churches, Christian Schools, and Christian Ministries:
Our Protecting Your Ministry manual will help you prepare for the legal intrusions some churches, Christian schools, and ministries around the country have already faced, along with other threats on the near horizon.
This free resource – meant for a wide range of Protestant, Orthodox, or Catholic faith-based schools, ministries, and churches – provides simple and effective ways to prepare your ministry to stand against lawsuits involving same-sex marriage, sexual orientation, or gender identity. It includes sample language for bylaws, checklists, model policies, client stories, and more.

Legal Guide for Sidewalk Counselors
For Pro-Life Sidewalk Advocates:
As a sidewalk counselor, you can bring hope and clarity to women and men facing an unplanned or crisis pregnancy by connecting with them and empowering them to choose life. To do this work faithfully and effectively, however, you should familiarize yourself with your rights.
Alliance Defending Freedom created this manual to educate you about your legal rights when engaging in sidewalk counseling. We pray this resource will help you be better equipped to serve the women and men entering abortion clinics every day.
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Faith in the Workplace
For Christian Business Owners:
Your faith is what makes you who you are – it impacts everything about the way you live your life, including the way you run your business. While some business owners are cheered and commended when they blend certain beliefs and work, that isn’t always the case for Christian business owners. Now, more than ever, you need to know that, as a Christian who owns a business, you still have the freedom to run your business consistently with your beliefs.
With recent significant cultural and legal changes in our society, we’ve created a legal guide to help you navigate potential challenges to your business. Whether you are the founder of a brand new start-up, or a veteran CEO, this free resource is for you.
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