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WHO: Alliance Defending Freedom client and former West Virginia State University soccer player Lainey Armistead and ADF Senior Counsel Christiana Kiefer WHAT: Speaking at press conference led by West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey on the lawsuit B.P.J. v. West Virginia State Board of Education WHEN: Tuesday, June 21, at 10:00 a.m. EDT WHERE: Attorney General’s Rotunda outside the AG’s Office by California Street entrance, Charleston ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: To schedule an interview, contact ADF Media Relations Manager AnnMarie Pariseau at (480) 417-3975. Other speakers confirmed ...

The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel Christiana Kiefer regarding Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly’s veto Friday of the Fairness in Women’s Sports Act, as bill that protects opportunities for women and girls in athletics by ensuring they are not forced to compete against males playing on women’s sports teams: “By vetoing this bill, Gov. Kelly has chosen—for the third time—to reject fairness in sports for thousands of women and girls in Kansas. Allowing males to compete in girls’ sports is discriminatory and destroys fair competition and women’s athletic ...

The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel Christiana Kiefer regarding the U.S. Department of Education’s proposed rule published Tuesday that illegitimately rewrites Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 and violates constitutionally and legally protected freedoms: “While chasing a radical political agenda, President Biden and his education secretary have dismantled Title IX and, with it, equal opportunities for women. In addition to denying women a fair and level playing field in sports, the administration’s new rule could impose widespread ...

Settlement reverses decision to deny Students for Life funding because speaker’s topic ‘didn’t appear entirely unbiased as it addresses…abortion’

The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel Christiana Kiefer regarding the Indiana Legislature’s override Tuesday of Gov. Eric Holcomb’s veto of HB 1041, a bill that protects athletic opportunities for the state’s female athletes below the collegiate level: “Women and girls deserve to compete on a level playing field. We are grateful to the Indiana Legislature for responding to the nationwide threat to fairness in women’s sports by overriding Gov. Holcomb’s misguided veto of HB 1041. While more work must be done to protect Indiana’s female athletes in ...

ADF attorneys representing Dr. Nicholas Meriwether favorably settle First Amendment case with university.

ADF attorneys represent Students for Life at Virginia Commonwealth University

ADF files suit on behalf of student prevented from distributing copies of US Constitution in restrictive ‘speech zone’

The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel and Director of the ADF Center for Life Denise Harle regarding a friend-of-the-court brief ADF attorneys filed Thursday with the South Carolina Supreme Court in Planned Parenthood South Atlantic v. State of South Carolina on behalf of the American Association of Pro-Life Obstetricians and Gynecologists and Dr. Christine Hemphill, a South Carolina OBGYN, in support of the state’s law which protects unborn children from abortion after a fetal heartbeat is detected: “All human life is worth protecting—from ...

Maricopa County Community College District agrees to eliminate unconstitutional free speech restrictions as part of settlement