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  • The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom President and CEO Michael P. Farris regarding a letter ADF and more than 80 allies sent to Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell Tuesday asking him to oppose the misnamed “Respect for Marriage Act,” a bill that would do far more than enshrine same-sex marriage into federal law by intentionally jeopardizing the religious freedom of millions of Americans who have sincerely held beliefs about marriage: “When culture and political institutions fail to respect the institution of marriage and instead promote open aggression against ...
  • The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel Matt Bowman regarding a proposed rule released Monday by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services that reinterprets federal law to prohibit discrimination based on gender identity and sexual orientation, requiring doctors to perform harmful medical procedures that seek to alter a patient’s biological sex even if the procedure violates the doctor’s medical judgment or religious beliefs. The new proposed rule would also prohibit discrimination on the basis of “termination of pregnancy”—an action that could ...
  • The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel Chris Schandevel regarding a friend-of-the-court brief ADF attorneys filed Monday with the U.S. Supreme Court on behalf of Robert Kerr, director of the South Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, in the case Health and Hospital Corporation of Marion County v. Talevski, asking the court to clarify that Medicaid recipients can’t sue states that have determined that Planned Parenthood and other abortion businesses aren’t qualified to receive Medicaid funding for family planning services: “Pro-life ...
  • After abortionists sought to halt enforcement of law, ADF attorneys filed emergency motion in the Supreme Court of Appeals of WV
  • Court temporarily blocks administration’s reinterpretation of federal law that would force female athletes to compete against males in 20 states.
  • ADF Senior Counsel Erin Hawley testified before the House Oversight Committee regarding the Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs.
  • The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel Christiana Kiefer regarding the U.S. Department of Education’s proposed rule published Tuesday that illegitimately rewrites Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 and violates constitutionally and legally protected freedoms: “While chasing a radical political agenda, President Biden and his education secretary have dismantled Title IX and, with it, equal opportunities for women. In addition to denying women a fair and level playing field in sports, the administration’s new rule could impose widespread ...
  • WHO: Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel Denise Harle, who is director of the ADF Center for Life and served on the Mississippi legal team at the U.S. Supreme Court in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, and ADF client Heidi Matzke, director of a California pregnancy care center whose network won its pro-life speech case, National Institute of Family and Life Advocates v. Becerra, at the U.S. Supreme Court WHAT: Testifying before the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee at its hearing, “A Post- Roe America: The Legal Consequences of the Dobbs Decision” WHEN: Tuesday, July 12 ...
  • ADF attorneys available for media interviews following hearing Tuesday
  • The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel Denise Harle, director of the ADF Center for Life, regarding the executive order President Joe Biden signed Friday in an attempt to pacify pro-abortion radicals: “Faced with mounting pressure by pro-abortion radicals, President Biden is using his executive authority to create false panic and spread harmful misinformation surrounding care for women and unborn children, and to inject lies into the public discussion. For example, women undergoing abortions already receive the same privacy protections guaranteed by ...