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The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel Julie Marie Blake regarding a public comment ADF attorneys submitted Monday urging the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to withdraw its proposed rule that hijacks a bipartisan law, the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act, to impose an abortion mandate on virtually every employer in the country, even those whose religious beliefs dictate that life begins at conception: “The Biden administration’s new rule jeopardizes a supportive work culture for pregnant women by introducing abortion into federal law in a ...

Sixteen states, numerous groups file friend-of-the-court briefs with 1st Circuit supporting middle-schooler’s First Amendment right to express his views

Mallory Rechtenbach serves as legal counsel on the Parental Rights team at Alliance Defending Freedom. Rechtenbach earned her J.D., with highest distinction, from the University of Nebraska College of Law and was selected for Order of the Coif. During law school, she served as Articles Editor for the Nebraska Law Review and as a research assistant to Professor Richard Duncan. Following law school, Rechtenbach completed fellowships at the Institute for Free Speech and ADF. Next, she clerked for the Honorable L. Steven Grasz on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. Rechtenbach was ...

If the government can stop loving Christian parents like Jessica Bates from adopting children in need—because of her beliefs—what can’t it do? As Jessica’s story shows, our freedoms are under increasing attack. That’s why we’re standing together to defend our God-given rights and liberties. When you join with Alliance Defending Freedom and become a Champion for Freedom, your first gift will be doubled while funds last, doubling your impact! Your monthly gift of $19 or more will help ADF take on cases large and small that advance our right to both speak and live the truth. We have won 15 U.S ...

Government officials—including those in the Biden administration—have been pressuring Big Tech to do their dirty work for them and censor viewpoints the government doesn’t like. It’s clear: Our freedoms are under increasing attack. That’s why we are standing together to defend our God-given rights and liberties and hold government officials accountable for violating them. When you join with Alliance Defending Freedom and become a Champion for Freedom, your first gift will be doubled while funds last, doubling your impact! Your monthly gift of $19 or more will help ADF take on cases large and ...

"ADF is the leading organization when it comes to fighting for our most important freedoms to express ourselves and live out our beliefs." - Kyle Mann, Editor in Chief Our freedoms are under increasing attack. That’s why we are standing together to defend our God-given rights and liberties. Your monthly gift of $19 or more will help Alliance Defending Freedom take on cases large and small that advance our right to both speak and live the truth. We have won 15 U.S. Supreme Court Cases in the last 12 years and more than 500 other important legal victories since our ministry’s founding, so you ...

Defend Your Freedoms & God-Given Rights Your God-given rights are facing mounting threats. And there’s simply too much at stake to not act. Will you stand with Alliance Defending Freedom at this critical moment and help take on three threats to the rights of all Americans in 2024? Your tax-deductible year-end gift—doubled by a $500,000 matching grant, while funds last—will help challenge: Government censorship: The attacks on conscience are increasing as activists use government power to censor our speech. The redefinition of what it means to be male and female: Advocates of gender ideology in ...

The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel and Vice President of Appellate Advocacy John Bursch regarding a proposed friend-of-the-court brief ADF attorneys filed Monday with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit in Parents Defending Education v. Olentangy Local School District Board of Education in support of educators and students’ First Amendment right to speak according to their deeply held beliefs: “School policies that compel the use of pronouns inconsistent with sex force students and educators to speak contrary to their deeply held ...

America is one of the last countries in the world strongly committed to protecting the freedoms to speak freely and to live out our faith. But our most cherished rights must be constantly defended, and they’re being challenged now as much as ever before. Alliance Defending Freedom receives thousands of requests for legal assistance every year—and that number represents just a fraction of people whose rights are threatened by government officials and radical activists. As the Biden administration and other government officials around the country implement policies at odds with freedom, the ...

The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel Erik Baptist regarding the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina’s decision Friday to prevent North Carolina’s pro-life laws from going into effect while the lawsuit, Planned Parenthood South Atlantic v. Stein , continues: “Abortion is not health care, and North Carolina is free to protect the health and safety of women and girls in the state. The General Assembly reasonably enacted commonsense protections for women undergoing chemical and surgical abortions. North Carolina women deserve ...