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ADF: Ground won, lost against pro-abortion groups in suits challenging Ariz. law protecting women, children- 9.30.2009

Alliance Defense Fund attorneys made gains in federal and state court Tuesday against pro-abortion groups seeking to block the enforcement of new legislation passed this year in Arizona to protect pregnant women and their children. The U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona issued an order denying the Tucson Women's Center request for a preliminary injunction to stop an act passed this year to ensure that women have enough time and information before having an abortion. Meanwhile, even though the Arizona Superior Court for Maricopa County granted Planned Parenthood's preliminary injunction through an order keeping new state laws restricting abortion from taking effect today, ADF attorneys made headway in the first round of litigation. Read more...

ADF responds to attack by pro-abortion groups on Ariz. law protecting women- 9.22.2009

Two Arizona legislators together with doctors and numerous organizations filed motions Tuesday through their attorneys with the Alliance Defense Fund to intervene as defendants in separate state and federal lawsuits aimed at tearing down new protections for women considering an abortion. Read more...

Federal court: Abortion ends human life, but not all humans are persons- 8.21.2009

A federal court ruled Thursday that portions of South Dakota’s informed consent law requiring doctors to tell women contemplating abortion that they are terminating a human life are constitutional. But the judge struck down a portion requiring doctors to inform women that they are terminating a legally protected relationship with an unborn human being on the basis that the preborn are not “persons.” Attorneys with the Alliance Defense Fund authored and filed a friend-of-the-court brief defending the law on behalf of the Family Research Council. Read more...

ADF rebuts NY hospital’s claim that pro-life nurse can’t sue- 8.19.2009

Alliance Defense Fund attorneys submitted a brief in federal court Monday in response to the claim of New York’s Mount Sinai Hospital that a pro-life nurse who sued the hospital has no right to defend herself in court. ADF filed suit after the hospital forced senior nurse Cathy Cenzon-DeCarlo to participate in a late-term abortion procedure. Read more...

NY nurse threatened, forced to assist in late-term abortion- 7.22.2009

Alliance Defense Fund attorneys filed a lawsuit Tuesday against Mount Sinai Hospital on behalf of a Catholic nurse who was forced to participate in a late-term abortion under the threat of disciplinary action, including possible termination and loss of her license. The hospital has known of her religious objections to abortion since 2004. Read more...

Importance of Europe’s ‘Roe v. Wade’ case grows exponentially with elevation in status- 7.13.2009

Alliance Defense Fund attorneys defending legal protections for pre-born children in Ireland at the European Court of Human Rights say the importance of the case has grown exponentially with the court’s decision to move the case to its Grand Chamber. Cases decided in the Grand Chamber are binding on all lower chambers and on all member states. A decision in the case will set an official policy on the issue for Europe. Read more...

ADF seeks to challenge order requiring FDA to disregard parental rights- 6.29.2009

Alliance Defense Fund attorneys together with attorney Charles Holster of Mineola have filed a motion to intervene to challenge a federal court order that requires the Food and Drug Administration to allow the Plan B drug, which many doctors believe can cause an abortion, to be sold over the counter to minors. The motion was filed on behalf of Concerned Women for America, the Christian Medical and Dental Association, and Christian Pharmacists Fellowship International, who contend that the order disregards parental rights and the safety of minors. Read more...

ADF joins memorandum calling for stem cell researchers to ‘do no harm’- 5.28.2009

The Alliance Defense Fund joined with other pro-life organizations Tuesday to submit a memorandum to the National Institutes of Health on the scientific and ethical repercussions of proposed guidelines on human embryonic stem cell research. The memorandum is in response to the NIH’s request for public comment on proposed guidelines that will establish policy and procedures for funding research on human embryonic stem cells derived from embryos created by in vitro fertilization. Read more...

La. Supreme Court rejects hospital’s appeal in nurse’s rights of conscience lawsuit- 5.20.2009

The Louisiana Supreme Court Friday declined to hear an appeal by St. Tammany Parish Hospital in a nurse’s lawsuit filed by ADF attorneys and an ADF-allied attorney. A trial judge had ruled against issuing summary judgment in favor of the hospital, so that decision will stand. The nurse, Toni Lemly, sued the hospital in 2005 after it refused to grant a reasonable accommodation for her religious beliefs. Read more...

ADF attorneys file brief with U.S. Supreme Court supporting ‘Choose Life’ plates- 5.19.2009

Attorneys with the Alliance Defense Fund filed a friend-of-the-court brief Tuesday with the U.S. Supreme Court in Choose Life Illinois v. White. The brief asks the court to review an appellate court’s decision denying Choose Life Illinois’ members the right to produce a specialty license plate with the slogan “Choose Life,” as part of a state program, because the words had been deemed too “controversial.” Read more...

Slovak Republic faces lawsuit after police clamp-down on pro-life rally - 5.4.2009

The Centre for Bio-ethical Reform Europe filed suit Thursday in the highest court of the Slovak Republic after police put an end to a peaceful pro-life rally that was held in full compliance with domestic law. CBR Europe, represented by attorney Dr. Alan Bohm and Alliance Defense Fund attorneys, held its “Stop Genocide” rally to inform people about the atrocities of genocide, including abortion, but Slovak police asserted the signs displayed by participants were too graphic for the general public. Read more...

ADF offers to defend Orange County policy preventing public funds from subsidizing abortionists- 4.30.2009

Alliance Defense Fund attorneys have offered to defend the Orange County Board of Supervisors pro bono in the event it faces any threats of legal action by Planned Parenthood or similar pro-abortion groups over a new policy the board passed Tuesday restricting certain county funds from being used for abortions. Read more...

3rd Circuit says Penn. pro-life counselors deserve their day in court- 4.28.2009

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit reversed a federal judge’s decision against two pro-life advocates Monday, saying that the two men deserve to have their cases considered by a jury. Alliance Defense Fund attorneys and allied attorneys represent Edward Snell and John McTernan, who were arrested and threatened with arrest, respectively, for exercising their First Amendment rights in a public alley next to a Planned Parenthood abortion clinic. Read more...

ADF attorneys ask Montana Supreme Court to stop assisted suicide- 4.28.2009

Attorneys with the Alliance Defense Fund filed a friend-of-the-court brief Monday with the Montana Supreme Court that asks for the reversal of a lower court ruling that found a “right” to physician-assisted suicide in the Montana Constitution. ADF filed its brief on behalf of the Family Research Council, the American Association of Pro-Life Obstetricians and Gynecologists, the Catholic Medical Association, and numerous Montana physicians. Read more...

ADF poised to defend three pro-life bills signed by Utah governor - 323..2009

Alliance Defense Fund attorneys have sent letters to Utah Reps. Paul Ray and Carl Wimmer offering free legal representation to defend key abortion law amendments from any legal attacks waged by pro-abortion advocacy groups. Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman, Jr., signed bills HB 90, HB 222, and HB 114 Friday to provide new protections for viable preborn children, require abortionists to provide women with sufficient prenatal information, and establish a fund for defense of the legislation. Read more...

Wash. college students threatened with expulsion for 'discriminatory' pro-life message- 3.11.2009

Attorneys with the Alliance Defense Fund Center for Academic Freedom filed a lawsuit Monday against Community Colleges of Spokane and Spokane Falls Community College officials for violating the constitutional rights of pro-life students. SFCC officials threatened Beth Sheeran and members of a Christian student group with disciplinary measures, including expulsion, if they chose to hold a pro-life event on campus to share information with other students because the message was "discriminatory" and did not include a pro-abortion viewpoint. Read more...

Mass. law restricting speech around abortion clinics challenged on appeal- 1.27.2009

An Alliance Defense Fund allied attorney together with ADF attorneys have filed a brief on behalf of pro-life advocates in federal appellate court against a Massachusetts law that creates a 35-foot “buffer” zone around abortion clinics. The brief argues that the law essentially eliminates free speech rights within the zone by restricting pro-life advocates from sharing their message with people entering the clinics. read more...

No choice: Doctors forced to perform abortions or else? - 1.22.2009

Attorneys with the Christian Legal Society and the Alliance Defense Fund filed motions to intervene Wednesday in three lawsuits that seek to invalidate a federal law protecting medical professionals from discrimination because they refuse to participate in abortions. Three pro-life medical associations are seeking to defend the law against challenges by some state officials, Planned Parenthood, and the National Family Planning and Reproductive Health Association, represented by the American Civil Liberties Union. read more...

ADF memo urges European Parliament to reject resolution on social policy- 1.14.2009

The Alliance Defense Fund submitted a legal memo to members of the European Parliament, the advisory body to the European Union, Tuesday urging it to vote against a resolution on social policy introduced by a communist member. The proposed resolution promotes same-sex “partnerships,” abortion, and censorship of moral expressions on homosexual behavior. read more...

Univ. of Wis. Hospitals secret plan to perform second-trimester abortions unveiled - 1.6.2009

Attorneys with the Alliance Defense Fund sent a letter to University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Tuesday, asking that the institution refrain from implementing its secret and potentially illegal plans to perform second-trimester abortions in a jointly-operated clinic. The plan would likely compel unwilling employees to aid or participate in dismembering preborn babies, which would violate their religious conscience rights and may constitute an unlawful state funding of abortion. read more...

ADF-allied attorneys prepared to challenge Luxembourg assisted suicide law if passed - 12.10.2008

The Alliance Defense Fund is mobilizing efforts to judicially challenge a Luxembourg assisted suicide law if passed by the country's parliament. ADF-allied attorneys are willing to offer pro bono legal assistance to physicians willing to bring suit regarding the constitutionality of the law in the wake of efforts to strip the grand duke of his ability to enact or veto legislation in that country. read more...

Pro-life organizations file brief to defend Ireland abortion ban - 11.17.2008

Three pro-life organizations filed a brief Friday with the European Court of Human Rights in defense of Ireland's ban on abortion. In September, the court granted the Family Research Council, represented by Alliance Defense Fund attorneys, the opportunity to defend the ban jointly with two other pro-life organizations. read more...

ADF prepared to fight looming leftist agenda - 11.7.2008

Attorneys with the Alliance Defense Fund say they will be monitoring actions by the new administration and new Congress to see if they make good on promises to pursue damaging policy changes that will harm Americans. read more...

Lawsuit challenges $18 million in contracts awarded to Colo. abortionists - 10.29.2008

Alliance Defense Fund attorneys and allied attorneys filed suit Wednesday, asking a Colorado court to cancel $18 million in illegal state contracts awarded over the last year to a Planned Parenthood affiliate and a Boulder abortion provider. read more...

Police prevent more Md. pro-lifers from sharing message - 10.24.2008

Alliance Defense Fund attorneys and allied attorneys filed a lawsuit Thursday against the city of Westminster on behalf of pro-life organization Defend Life. Police insisted that participants in Defend Life's "Face the Truth" 2008 tour needed permits to peacefully share their pro-life message along a public street. read more...

ADF attorneys ready to defend students participating in pro-life event - 10.20.2008

Attorneys with the Alliance Defense Fund are ready to offer free legal help to students at schools across the nation who participate in the Pro-Life Day of Silent Solidarity, should the students' First Amendment rights be violated. The Tuesday event offers pro-life students an opportunity to express their viewpoint on the subject of abortion.read more...

Defending Life on the Emerald Isle - 9.26.08

Attorneys with the Alliance Defense Fund are being blessed with a unique opportunity to defend Ireland's law barring abortion. This situation gives us the ear of judges who will be deciding whether to lift the ban, which has undoubtedly saved countless Irish lives. This case may be across the pond, but could have widespread impact in Europe and America as U.S. courts continue to look at overseas decisions when deciding cases here at home. read more...

ADF to defend Irish abortion ban - 9.22.08

The European Court of Human Rights has granted the Family Research Council, represented by Alliance Defense Fund attorneys, the opportunity to defend Ireland's ban on abortion. read more...

Young pro-lifers jailed, shackled, strip searched for peacefully sharing message - 9.3.08

Alliance Defense Fund and allied attorneys filed a lawsuit Wednesday against Harford County, the town of Bel Air, and seven police officials on behalf of three young, pro-life women. At least a dozen police officers arrived in more than seven marked vehicles and then arrested, jailed, shackled, and/or strip searched 18 pro-life advocates, including the three women, after they held signs and shared their message along a public street. read more...

ADF: Pro-abortion activists wrong on federal rights of conscience rule - 8.22.08

The Alliance Defense Fund submitted a letter Friday to U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Michael O. Leavitt disputing the claims of pro-abortion groups critical of a proposed rights of conscience rule. The rule would provide protections for health care workers who have a moral objection to prescribing abortion-inducing drugs. read more...

Wayne State University denies funds, access to pro-life student group- 7.24.08

Alliance Defense Fund attorneys filed suit Wednesday after officials of Wayne State University refused to allow a pro-life student group the same access to student fees and facilities that other student groups have. read more...

Two Precious Lives. Two Secular Courts. One Holy God. - 6.17.08

“Red and yellow, black and white, we are precious in His sight.” At the Alliance Defense Fund, we know that our lives are in God’s hands, in His control from the moment of conception until the hour He calls us home. However, two fragile lives, that cannot defend themselves, are not being treated as the precious gifts they are. read more...

Planned Parenthood fights planned safety - 5.20.08

Planned Parenthood – the world's largest abortion provider – says it wants abortion to be safe and legal. But a stream of news stories and scandals casts serious doubt on these aspirations, as does a recent case in Missouri. read more...

ADF: Planned Parenthood should surrender records after not reporting rape - 5.19.08

The Alliance Defense Fund on behalf of 27 pro-family organizations filed a friend-of-the-court brief with the Ohio Supreme Court Monday in a case involving Planned Parenthood staff who failed to report the statutory rape of a 14-year-old girl abused by her school’s soccer coach. The coach, age 21, brought the girl to the Planned Parenthood clinic in Cincinnati to have an abortion after discovering he had impregnated her. read more...

Pro life? Beware of the “permit process” - 5.13.08

Silencing pro-life speech is unconstitutional, but that hasn't stopped many public officials from doing so. While the result is always inexcusable, the methods used are often quite creative. Take Raleigh, North Carolina, where officials excuse their censorship by blaming the "permit process." read more...

Abortionist George Tiller unable to stall grand jury - 5.6.08

In a unanimous ruling, the Kansas Supreme Court Tuesday thwarted an effort by accused serial abortionist George Tiller to stop a grand jury from issuing subpoenas to obtain medical records from him. Alliance Defense Fund attorneys filed a friend-of-the-court brief arguing that the grand jury has the right to issue the subpoenas. read more...

9th Circuit thwarts Wash. state’s attempt to stall conscience rights - 5.2.08

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit ruled Thursday that Washington pharmacists’ rights of conscience will be protected while an appeal by state officials who oppose those rights moves forward. The ruling means that a court order requested by ADF and ADF-allied attorneys to suspend newly-passed state regulations will remain in place. The regulations forced pharmacies and pharmacists to stock or distribute abortion-inducing drugs regardless of their religious or moral opposition. read more...

ADF attorneys appeal N.C. pro-life advocate’s free speech case - 4.30.08

Attorneys with the Alliance Defense Fund are asking the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit to take another look at the case of pro-life advocate Dennis Green, whom Raleigh police silenced for peacefully expressing his views on abortion. read more...

ADF attorneys appeal ASU pro-life speech case to 9th Circuit - 4.9.08

Alliance Defense Fund attorneys filed an appeal Tuesday to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit on behalf of an Arizona State University pro-life club in a lawsuit challenging unlawful restrictions on their speech. read more...

ADF files lawsuit challenging speech restrictions at University of Maryland - 4.2.08

Attorneys with the Alliance Defense Fund Center for Academic Freedom filed a lawsuit in federal court Wednesday challenging the University of Maryland-Baltimore County’s speech zone and speech code policies on behalf of a student pro-life group. The group claims school officials used the speech zone policy to deny it the same access to highly visited areas of campus that other student groups enjoy. read more...


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