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The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel Matt Bowman, director of regulatory practice, regarding a federal district court ruling issued Friday in State of Texas and Mayo Pharmacy v. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, in which the court affirmed that HHS’s pharmacy abortion guidance can’t require pharmacies to dispense abortion drugs or violate their religious beliefs: “Unelected bureaucrats can’t force Americans to dispense abortion-inducing drugs against their conscience. HHS changed its pharmacy abortion guidance after the court ruled in ...

ADF attorneys represent Christian Employers Alliance

ADF attorneys available for media interviews following hearing Friday

The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel Matt Bowman, director of regulatory practice, regarding a rule the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services published Tuesday, Safeguarding the Rights of Conscience as Protected by Federal Statutes: “Americans shouldn’t be forced to violate their ethical and religious beliefs. Yet, every year, countless medical practitioners needlessly suffer threats to their livelihoods and affronts to their faith just for asserting their rights to conscience and religious freedom. In its rule, HHS suggests it will continue ...

The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel Matt Bowman, director of regulatory practice, regarding a public comment ADF attorneys submitted Wednesday to the Office of Management and Budget. The public comment urges the agency to eliminate language in a proposed guidance for grants that would harm faith-based recipients of federal programs and to restore language that specifically protects free speech and religious liberty: “Ejecting faith-based groups from programs such as foster care and adoption will lead to fewer children served. Yet that is exactly ...

Texas district court criticizes administration’s unlawful attempt to use federal health agency to advance radical abortion agenda

The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel Matt Bowman regarding the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision Monday to hear Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo, a case that involves holding federal agency officials accountable to protect religious freedom and the sanctity of life for all Americans: “Unelected, unaccountable bureaucrats are weaponizing federal laws to violate Americans’ most fundamental rights. As we explain in the brief we filed urging the Supreme Court to take this case, federal agency officials frequently disrespect Americans’ most cherished ...

ADF attorneys available for media interviews following hearing Wednesday

ADF attorneys represent Mayo Pharmacy, joining Texas’ lawsuit against US Dept. of Health and Human Services

The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel Matt Bowman regarding a friend-of-the-court brief ADF attorneys filed Thursday with the U.S. Supreme Court in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo on behalf of Christian Employers Alliance urging the high court to take this case and rein in unaccountable bureaucrats. The brief argues that federal agency officials regularly exceed their executive authority by imposing mandates and spending tax dollars that harm the unborn, devalue religious freedom, and contradict biological distinctions based on sex, all without ...