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Client videos (YouTube): Overview | Selina Soule’s Story | Alanna Smith’s Story Client videos (Vimeo): Overview | Selina Soule’s Story | Alanna Smith’s Story B-roll: Terry Miller and Andraya Yearwood win race over Chelsea Mitchell (2018-06-04) The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Legal Counsel Christiana (Holcomb) Kiefer regarding the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights’ withdrawal Tuesday of its revised letter of impending enforcement action concerning women’s athletics in Connecticut; DOE’s action reverses its previous position informing ...

The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Legal Counsel Christiana Holcomb regarding President Joe Biden's executive order released Wednesday that instructs federal agencies to reinterpret federal laws and regulations that prohibit sex discrimination—including Title IX—to include gender identity so that women and girls are no longer protected in sports, locker rooms, and other contexts: “Unfortunately, the Biden administration wasted no time in demanding policies that gut legal protections for women by denying female athletes fair competition in sports, ignoring ...

The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel Gregory S. Baylor regarding the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ final rule announced Friday implementing Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act, which prohibits covered health programs or activities from discriminating on the basis of race, color, national origin, disability, age, and sex. HHS is replacing a 2016 rule that wrongly interpreted “sex” to include gender identity and termination of pregnancy. “Word choice in federal legislation is significant and Congress has consistently used the ...

High court declines to take up case of students, parents challenging Pennsylvania school district’s locker room, restroom policy

DOE investigates complaint of assault arising out of transgender restroom policy

The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Legal Counsel Matt Sharp regarding a federal district court’s limited nationwide order Tuesday in State of Texas v. United States of America that reaffirms his previous order prohibiting the Obama administration from forcing public schools to allow boys into girls’ locker rooms, showers, and restrooms while the lawsuit of several states moves forward. The court found that both Title IX and Title VII rely on the consistent, uniform application of national standards in education and workplace policy. Because the May 2016 Dear ...

The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Legal Counsel Matt Sharp regarding a federal district court’s limited nationwide order Sunday in State of Texas v. United States of America that stops the Obama administration from forcing public schools to allow boys into girls’ locker rooms, showers, and restrooms while the lawsuit of several states moves forward. The court found that the federal government failed to follow the public notice and comment process that federal law requires and that the text of Title IX regarding the definition of sex is unambiguous—Congress ...

ADF, allied attorneys ask 3rd Circuit to weigh in on district court ruling

ADF attorneys file friend-of-the-court-brief asking court to protect bodily privacy of all children

ADF attorneys, allied attorneys file amended complaint in federal court