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ADF attorneys represent two female athletes who oppose ACLU lawsuit that seeks to deny opportunities to women, girls

Broad support for fair competition filed with high court in cases brought by West Virginia, Idaho, ADF attorneys

ADF attorneys, along with West Virginia, Idaho, file two separate petitions with high court in two women’s sports cases

The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel and Vice President of Appellate Advocacy John Bursch regarding a petition ADF attorneys filed Thursday with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit in Hecox v. Little on behalf of two Idaho female college athletes who are asking the full court to uphold their state’s Fairness in Women’s Sports Act after a three-judge panel ruled against it: “Madison Kenyon and Mary Kate Marshall know from personal experience how demoralizing and defeating it is to train your hardest and best, only to be forced to compete ...

ADF attorneys available for media interviews following hearing Tuesday

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 Thursday that interprets Title IX of the Civil Rights Act in a manner inconsistent with the plain meaning of that law to illegitimately inject it with the administration’s political preferences, thereby disregarding a wide range of constitutionally protected freedoms: “Fifty years ago, Congress acted to protect equal opportunity for women by passing Title IX. Now, by radically rewriting federal law, the Biden administration is ...

EVENT 1 WHO: Alliance Defending Freedom female athlete clients Chelsea Mitchell (and her mother Christy Mitchell), Alanna Smith (and her mother Cheryl Radachowsky), Selina Soule, Madison Kenyon, Mary Marshall, Lainey Armistead, and ADF Senior Counsel Christiana Kiefer WHAT: Speaking at Title IX 50th anniversary rally hosted by the Independent Women’s Forum on protecting female athletes and sex-specific sports teams WHEN: Thursday, June 23, at 11 a.m. EDT WHERE: Freedom Plaza, 1301 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: To schedule an interview, contact ADF Media Relations ...

Policies that ignore biological reality—ignore sex—pose serious risks to student health and safety and undermine parents' fundamental rights.

The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Legal Counsel Christiana Kiefer regarding the introduction of a bill Thursday by U.S. Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, that protects women’s sports by clarifying that sex shall be recognized based solely on a person’s reproductive biology and genetics at birth in Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972: “Women and girls deserve the opportunity to compete and enjoy the possibility of athletic victory. But allowing males who identify as female to compete in girls’ sports destroys fair competition and erases women’s athletic prospects ...

Idaho’s Fairness in Women’s Sports Act receives backing of female athletes, medical experts, feminists, federal govt, 14 states