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- OLYMPIA, Wash. — A federal court Thursday confirmed that the right of Washington pharmacists to obey their conscience when they object to dispensing abortion-inducing drugs on religious grounds will be protected while a lawsuit by two pharmacists and a pharmacy owner moves forward. The court halted newly passed regulations, which the pharmacy and pharmacists are challenging, until a decision is reached in the case. Attorneys with Alliance Defending Freedom and ADF-allied attorneys filed the lawsuit and motion for preliminary injunction in July. "The government shouldn’t force pro-life ...
- ADF and ADF-allied attorneys prevail in arguing that conscience rights for pharmacists should be respected while state’s appeal proceeds
- ADF attorneys file lawsuit and motion for preliminary injunction
- ADF attorney submits letter to defend pharmacists opposed to dispensing contraceptives, including “morning-after” abortion pill
- ADF files supplemental brief to lawsuit against Obama administration
- ADF attorney available for media interviews immediately following hearing
- ADF attorney available to media following oral arguments Wednesday
- The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom allied attorney Michael Tierney regarding the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit’s decision Wednesday in Reddy v. Foster that sidesteps ruling on the constitutionality of New Hampshire’s censorship zone law: “An unconstitutional law shouldn’t remain on the books just because abortionists haven’t taken advantage of the power the law gives them to silence free speech. The 1st Circuit’s decision made no determination as to whether the New Hampshire statute would pass constitutional muster. Instead, the court left the law ...
- The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel Matt Bowman regarding a state court’s decision Tuesday to grant Pregnancy Care Center of Rockford a preliminary injunction against a new law that forces its doctors and healthcare professionals to make or aid in abortion referrals. “Forcing pro-life doctors and pregnancy care centers in Illinois to operate as referral agents for the abortion industry in violation of their freedom of conscience is unconstitutional, illegal, and unethical. No state has the authority to compel health professionals, against their ...
- The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel Steven H. Aden regarding the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision Thursday in Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt that invalidates a Texas law requiring abortion facilities to meet the same health and safety standards as ambulatory surgical centers and that further protected women by requiring abortionists to have admitting privileges at a local hospital in the event a woman must seek hospital care due to post-abortion complications: “Abortionists shouldn’t be given a free pass to elude medical requirements that ...