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The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel Matt Bowman regarding a proposed rule released Monday by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services that reinterprets federal law to prohibit discrimination based on gender identity and sexual orientation, requiring doctors to perform harmful medical procedures that seek to alter a patient’s biological sex even if the procedure violates the doctor’s medical judgment or religious beliefs. The new proposed rule would also prohibit discrimination on the basis of “termination of pregnancy”—an action that could ...

The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel Matt Sharp, director of the ADF Center for Public Policy, regarding Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee’s signing Tuesday of SB 2749, a bill that protects parents’ fundamental right to guide the upbringing, education, and health care of their children: “Parents love and know their child best, and they have the right and duty to direct the upbringing and care of their children. Yet parental rights have been eroded by government actions that exclude parents from critical educational and health care decisions. This legislation ...

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The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel Matt Sharp, director of the ADF Center for Legislative Advocacy, regarding Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte’s signing Friday of SB 99, a bill that protects children from dangerous, life-altering medical procedures: “Young people deserve to live in a society that doesn’t subject them to risky experimental procedures to which they cannot effectively consent, including so-called ‘gender transition’ surgeries and drugs. By enacting this legislation, Montana has taken a critical step toward protecting children and parents ...

The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel Christiana Holcomb regarding Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly’s veto Friday of SB 160, a 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 second time—to reject fairness in sports for thousands of women and girls in Kansas. When biological differences are ignored, women and girls bear the brunt of the harm. The incidents of males dominating girls’ athletic ...

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The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel and Vice President of Advocacy Strategy Emilie Kao regarding Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear’s veto Wednesday of SB 83, a bill designed to protect athletic opportunities for the state’s female athletes: “Women and girls deserve to compete on a level playing field. When we ignore biological reality, female athletes lose medals, podium spots, public recognition, and opportunities to compete. We’ve seen increasing examples across the country of males dominating girls’ athletic competitions when competing as females ...

The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel Christiana Kiefer regarding the introduction Thursday of a resolution introduced by Sen. Joni Ernst celebrating the expansion of opportunities for female athletes since the enactment of Title IX and recognizing the need to preserve fairness in women’s sports: “For more than 50 years, Title IX has protected equal athletic opportunities for women. Sadly, the Biden administration is threatening those opportunities by pretending that men do not have a significant advantage over women when it comes to athletics. As ...

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 Julie Marie Blake regarding a formal comment ADF attorneys submitted Monday with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services urging it to protect all Americans’ freedom to live out their conscientious and religious convictions: “Americans shouldn’t be forced to violate their ethical and religious beliefs. Yet, every year, countless medical practitioners needlessly suffer threats to their livelihoods and affronts to their faith just for asserting their rights to conscience and religious freedom. It’s ...