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The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel Julie Marie Blake regarding a federal court’s order issued Wednesday in Tice-Harouff v. Johnson that requires the Biden administration to pay $65,000 in attorneys’ fees for violating regulatory laws when it illegally deprived women of the option of fertility awareness-based methods of family planning as part of health insurance coverage required under the Affordable Care Act, leaving women only with coverage for contraceptive and abortifacient drugs and devices: “The Biden administration can’t impose its own ...

ADF attorneys favorably settle case against Southern Illinois University Edwardsville officials on behalf of former art therapy grad student Maggie DeJong

You Can Double Your Gift to Protect Kids Government officials are crossing the line, harming kids, and ignoring parents’ rights. For the vast majority of our nation’s history, everyone agreed that parents get to make the educational, medical, religious, and other important life decisions for their children. But now, there are some government officials who want more power. They think they know better than parents. And they are pushing destructive ideologies—like radical gender ideology and critical race theory—on the captive audience of children in schools, confusing kids about their bodies ...

Pat Piccolo serves as legal counsel with Alliance Defending Freedom. He primarily assists members of the Church and Ministry Alliance with protecting their constitutional freedoms and navigating religious liberty issues. Prior to joining ADF, Piccolo clerked in a Virginia Circuit Court and worked in private practice, where he represented landowners facing condemnations and businesses navigating a wide array of commercial disputes. Piccolo earned his J.D. from the University of Virginia School of Law in 2016. He obtained his B.A. in history and religious studies from the University of Virginia ...

WHO: Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel Tyson Langhofer, director of the ADF Center for Academic Freedom WHAT: Providing public comment at the Virginia Department of Education’s Board of Education Business Meeting on the commonwealth’s recent model policies and how those efforts ensure students and parents are respected and supported WHEN: Beginning at 9 a.m. EDT, Thursday, July 27 WHERE: Virginia Department of Education, James Monroe Building, 101 N. 14th St., 22nd floor, Richmond ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: To schedule an interview, contact ADF Media Relations Specialist Hattie Troutman ...

ADF attorneys represent National Institute of Family and Life Advocates, two pregnancy care centers challenging state law

ADF submits friend-of-the-court brief calling on 5th Circuit to hold agency accountable

The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel Julie Marie Blake regarding a friend-of-the-court brief ADF attorneys filed Monday with the U.S. Supreme Court in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo on behalf of Christian Employers Alliance. In the brief, ADF attorneys urge the court to hold federal agency officials accountable when they 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 congressional authorization: ...

The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel and Vice President of Advocacy Strategy Emilie Kao, on behalf of the Promise to America’s Parents Coalition, regarding new policies the Virginia Department of Education announced Tuesday that ensure respect for the role of parents in directing the education and care of their children: “The Promise to America’s Parents Coalition—a coalition of 40 grassroots and policy organizations that work to preserve the fundamental right of parents to direct their children’s upbringing, education, and care—supports Virginia’s ...

Mayo Pharmacy is standing against the Biden administration’s unconstitutional attempt to mandate dispensing abortion drugs nationwide.