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The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel Julie Marie Blake regarding a new rule the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission announced Monday that hijacks a bipartisan law, the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act, to impose pro-abortion regulations on virtually every employer in the country, even those whose religious beliefs dictate that life begins at conception: “This rule is just the latest example of the Biden administration abusing its power to advance abortion. The new rule seeks to punish the speech of pro-life employers and restrict their hiring ...

The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel Denise Burke regarding Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly’s veto Friday of HB 2749, a bill designed to inform better support programs for mothers and their children, advance medical research, and protect the health of women by ensuring that the reasons why a woman chooses abortion are reported: “Women deserve real health care that supports them during pregnancy and provides alternatives to the grave risks that abortion poses to women’s physical and psychological health. We commend the Kansas Legislature for passing this ...

The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel Chris Schandevel regarding a friend-of-the-court brief ADF attorneys filed on behalf of several pro-life and religious medical associations Friday in State of Tennessee v. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit. The case involves a Biden administration rule that requires recipients of Title X funds to counsel and refer for abortions: “The rights of conscience are at the core of our constitutional freedoms, and forcing medical professionals to violate their ...

The following quote may be attributed to Idaho Attorney General Raúl Labrador regarding a brief the state of Idaho, assisted by attorneys at Alliance Defending Freedom and Cooper & Kirk, filed Friday with the U.S. Supreme Court in State of Idaho v. United States of America: “Idaho’s Defense of Life Act is perfectly consistent with the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act, which provides explicit protections for ‘unborn children’ in four separate places. But the Biden administration is trying to use one life-affirming law to invalidate another. The administration’s radical ...

The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Vice President of Litigation Strategy and Center for Conscience Initiatives Jonathan Scruggs regarding a newly released independent review overseen by pediatrician Dr. Hilary Cass and commissioned by England’s National Health Service to evaluate medical procedures to make children appear like the opposite sex: “Children struggling with their sex deserve the best possible care, and—as this independent review from Dr. Cass shows—that does not include rushing children to permanently alter their bodies. For years, activists have ...

Significant state high court ruling overturns appellate court decision that misinterpreted law meant to protect unborn lives

Federal court grants motion to intervene filed by ADF attorneys in lawsuit challenging state law prohibiting nurses, doctors from providing patients with abortion pill reversal

The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel Matt Sharp, director of the ADF Center for Public Policy, regarding Idaho Gov. Brad Little’s signing Monday of HB 538, a bill to strengthen existing law so that government entities cannot force employees and students at public schools to use inaccurate names and pronouns in violation of their sincerely held beliefs: “No one should lose their job or face punishment at school for declining to say something they believe is false. Words and language carry meaning, and when used properly, they tell the truth about ...

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 ...

The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Legal Counsel Greg Chafuen regarding Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds’s signing Tuesday of SF 2095, a bill that ensures that Iowans are free to live and work according to their faith without fear of unjust government punishment: “Americans should be able to defend their rights when their government stops them from living and worshiping according to their faith. This law provides a sensible balancing test for courts to use when reviewing government policies that infringe upon the religious freedom rights of Iowans. The law doesn’t ...