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The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel Chris Schandevel regarding the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision Tuesday to vacate a decision from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit in Kerr v. Planned Parenthood South Atlantic and remand it back to that court to reconsider its ruling in light of the Supreme Court’s decision in Health and Hospital Corporation of Marion County v. Talevski. At issue in Kerr is whether pro-life states like South Carolina can direct Medicaid funds—funds intended to help low-income individuals obtain necessary medical ...

The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel Julie Marie Blake regarding a formal comment ADF submitted Friday urging the Biden administration to withdraw its proposed rule change to federal health privacy laws that disregards the value of human life and ignores biological reality by hampering the enforcement of state pro-life laws and laws that protect children from dangerous and life-altering medical procedures: “The Biden administration’s proposed rule would undermine state laws that protect expectant mothers and their unborn children from the harms of ...

The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel Chris Schandevel regarding the Iowa Supreme Court’s deadlocked order Friday in Planned Parenthood of the Heartland v. Reynolds. That result, with the justices split 3-3 on how to resolve the case, leaves in place a lower state court’s 2019 injunction that is preventing Iowa’s fetal heartbeat law from taking effect: “States have the strongest possible interest in protecting the most fundamental of our human rights—the right to life. Iowans are eager to affirm that life is a human right, which is why the ...

The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel Denise Burke regarding Gov. Joe Lombardo’s veto Monday of SB 239, a bill that would have legalized physician-assisted suicide and forced medical professionals to participate in ending the lives of their patients: “Every life is sacred and has inherent value. Physician-assisted suicide is neither compassionate nor an appropriate solution for those who are suffering—it ends an innocent human life without justification. Furthermore, many bills that legalize physician-assisted suicide, including Senate Bill 239 ...

ADF attorneys available for media interviews following hearing Friday

Numerous friend-of-the-court briefs filed with state’s high court

The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom CEO, President, and General Counsel Kristen Waggoner regarding ADF’s annual Edwin Meese III Originalism & Religious Liberty Award ceremony Thursday. This year’s award recipients are Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch and Michael Farris, former CEO of ADF: “The Meese Award is the highest award ADF bestows. Attorney General Edwin Meese worked tirelessly to ensure constitutional fidelity through originalism, correctly viewing it as ‘critical to the protection of religious liberty.’ General Meese’s commitment to originalism ...

ADF attorneys serving as co-counsel with the Montana Attorney General’s Office urge state court to uphold pro-life law

ADF attorneys favorably settle lawsuit on behalf of doctor, Christian Medical & Dental Associations

The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel Denise Burke regarding Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte’s signing Tuesday of HB 721, a bill that protects life and women’s health by prohibiting gruesome dismemberment abortions: “Every human life is valuable, and every baby deserves to be protected. By enacting this critical legislation, Montana has affirmed the basic human rights of vulnerable children, whether born or unborn. This bill prohibits the particularly gruesome and barbaric procedure of dismemberment abortion, which involves the tearing apart of a living ...