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Appeals court ends mail-order abortion regime, requires FDA to protect health, safety of women

The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel and Vice President of Appellate Advocacy John Bursch regarding a brief ADF attorneys filed Monday with the Minnesota Court of Appeals in Anderson v. Thrifty White Pharmacy. ADF attorneys represent Minnesota pharmacist George Badeaux who was sued because of his conscientious objection to dispensing a drug that can cause an abortion, an action that violates his religious beliefs: “No one should be forced to dispense drugs that can cause an abortion. As we explain in our brief, Mr. Badeaux told the customer his ...

The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel Julie Marie Blake regarding a federal court’s order issued Wednesday in Tice-Harouff v. Johnson that requires the Biden administration to pay $65,000 in attorneys’ fees for violating regulatory laws when it illegally deprived women of the option of fertility awareness-based methods of family planning as part of health insurance coverage required under the Affordable Care Act, leaving women only with coverage for contraceptive and abortifacient drugs and devices: “The Biden administration can’t impose its own ...

Numerous friend-of-the-court briefs filed with federal appeals court in support of state of Texas, pro-life physicians

ADF attorneys file friend-of-the-court brief with 5th Circuit on behalf of three female athletes

ADF attorneys available for media interviews following expedited hearing Wednesday

The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Legal Counsel Stephanie Nichols regarding Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ signing Thursday of SB 1580, a bill that protects doctors, nurses, and other medical professionals and organizations from being forced to participate in health care services that violate their conscience: “Americans shouldn’t be forced to violate their ethical and religious beliefs, and this certainly includes doctors, nurses, and other medical providers. Thankfully, SB 1580 is a strong step in outlining comprehensive protections in Florida law for medical ...

The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel Erik Baptist regarding the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision Friday in Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine v. U.S. Food and Drug Administration to pause a trial court decision that would have restored critical safeguards to chemical abortion drugs while the lawsuit seeking to reimplement those safeguards proceeds: “As is common practice, the Supreme Court has decided to maintain the status quo that existed prior to our lawsuit while our challenge to the FDA’s illegal approval of chemical abortion drugs and its removal ...

The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel Erin Hawley regarding a brief that ADF attorneys filed Tuesday with the U.S. Supreme Court in Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine v. U.S. Food and Drug Administration on behalf of four medical organizations and four doctors. The brief urges the high court to keep in place a U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit decision that restored critical safeguards to chemical abortion drugs while the lawsuit proceeds: “The FDA should have to answer for the damage it has done to the rule of law and the harm it has caused ...

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 ...