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ADF attorneys file friend-of-the-court brief with 11th Circuit in free speech case

As a mother of five, Jessica knows what it’s like to provide a loving home. And as a widow, she knows what it’s like to lose a part of your family. So after hearing about another person’s adoption story, she felt inspired to make a happy home for children in need in the state of Oregon. But in Oregon, parents like Jessica must agree to use a child’s preferred pronouns, take children to LGBT-affirming events like Pride parades, and facilitate a child’s access to dangerous pharmaceutical interventions like puberty blockers and hormone shots that can sterilize a young child. The Oregon Department ...

Government officials have a duty to uphold the First Amendment, even during times of crisis like the COVID-19 pandemic.

The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel Erin Hawley regarding an administrative stay the U.S. Supreme Court issued Friday in Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine v. U.S. Food and Drug Administration: “The entry of a brief administrative stay is standard operating procedure whenever the Supreme Court is asked to consider an emergency request like this one. It gives the court sufficient time to consider the parties’ arguments before ruling. We look forward to explaining why the FDA has not met its heavy burden to pause the parts of the district court’s ...

The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel Erin Hawley regarding an emergency request the U.S. Department of Justice and Danco Laboratories, the main purveyor of chemical abortion drugs, filed Friday with the U.S. Supreme Court that asks it to temporarily halt the decision of the federal district court in Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine v. U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit kept in place the part of the district court’s order protecting the health and safety of women and girls by restoring critical ...

The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel Denise Harle, director of the ADF Center for Life, regarding her attendance Thursday at Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ signing of the Heartbeat Protection Act, a bill that protects the health of pregnant mothers, the dignity of unborn children, and the integrity of the medical profession by limiting abortions after a baby’s heartbeat is detected: “Every human life is valuable, and every baby deserves to be protected. By enacting the Heartbeat Protection Act, Florida is continuing its work to preserve the lives of ...

Appeals court rules to keep in place portion of district court’s order requiring the agency to restore previous safeguards for chemical abortion drugs.

SUNY Binghamton assisted a mob of protesters in shutting down a speech by world-famous economist Dr. Art Laffer.

The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel Christiana Kiefer regarding Gov. Doug Burgum’s signing Tuesday of HB 1249 and HB 1489, two bills that together protect athletic opportunities for female athletes from grade school to college by ensuring they are not forced to compete against males playing on women’s sports teams: “Girls deserve equal opportunities to experience the thrill of victory. We commend North Dakota for becoming the twenty-first state to ensure women and girls can compete on a level playing field. As we continue to witness increasing ...

The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel Erik Baptist regarding a response ADF attorneys filed Tuesday with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit to the Biden administration’s emergency motion that asks the appeals court to stay a federal district court’s ruling that protects the health and safety of women and girls by halting the Food and Drug Administration’s illegal approval of chemical abortion drugs while the lawsuit proceeds: “Federal agencies that act lawlessly must be held accountable. The FDA illegally approved dangerous chemical ...