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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 the North Carolina Legislature’s override Wednesday of three bills vetoed by Gov. Roy Cooper: H. 574, 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; H. 808, a bill that protects children from dangerous, life-altering “gender transition” medical procedures, and S. 49, a bill that protects parents’ rights and transparency in their ...

… Court allows doctors to support hospitals, staff in ACLU suit that seeks to force them to commit abortions Court … the court will hear arguments on whether to dismiss the ACLU’s lawsuit, which seeks to force Trinity Health and its … Senior Counsel Matt Bowman. “This is precisely what the ACLU is seeking to do. But forcing Catholic hospitals to …

… of any child the department could place in an applicant’s home, and Bates could not agree to this because of her faith. … who would be happy to grow up in a loving, Christian home like Jessica’s. We urge the court to remind the state of … rejected her application for failing to “meet the adoption home standards” and excluded her from accessing any child …

The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel and Vice President of Advocacy Strategy Emilie Kao regarding California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s signing Thursday of SB 107, which gives California courts the ability to strip parents in other states of their parental rights if their child travels to or is taken to California to obtain life-altering hormones and irreversible surgeries. The law ignores the established authority of the other 49 states and increases the risk of irreparable harm to America’s children: “Parents have the fundamental right to direct the ...

ADF attorneys represent McComb Children’s Clinic in federal lawsuit

The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Vice President of Litigation Strategy and Center for Conscience Initiatives Jonathan Scruggs regarding a newly released independent review overseen by pediatrician Dr. Hilary Cass and commissioned by England’s National Health Service to evaluate medical procedures to make children appear like the opposite sex: “Children struggling with their sex deserve the best possible care, and—as this independent review from Dr. Cass shows—that does not include rushing children to permanently alter their bodies. For years, activists have ...

Idaho attorney general asks Supreme Court to narrow lower court ruling, allow Idaho to protect children while case proceeds

The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel Matt Sharp, director of the ADF Center for Legislative Advocacy, regarding Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s signing Friday of SB 14, a bill that protects children from dangerous, life-altering medical procedures: “Denying the truth that we are either male or female ends up hurting people, especially vulnerable children. By enacting this legislation, Texas has taken critical steps to protect children from radical activists that peddle gender ideology and pressure children into life-altering, experimental procedures and ...

… Indiana county’s regulations on abortion survive ACLU challenge Women’s protections through Patient Safety … emergency arises after itinerant physicians have gone back home and are no longer available to care for their patients.” … … Indiana county’s regulations on abortion survive ACLU challenge …

ADF attorneys file brief urging state’s high court to allow Roosevelt County to comply with federal law