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The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit struck down an ordinance Friday that Alliance Defense Fund attorneys challenged as unconstitutional for prohibiting speech in specified zones outside Pittsburgh abortion clinics. ADF attorneys represent a pro-life nurse who challenged the ordinance, which prohibited her from counseling and speaking with women near the clinics.

The new “hate crimes” bill expected to be signed into law by President Obama Wednesday is another nail in the coffin for the First Amendment, according to attorneys with the Alliance Defense Fund.

Alliance Defense Fund allied attorney David Dye will be available for media interviews after oral arguments Wednesday in Deeter v. Harner. Dye and ADF-allied attorney Andrea Shaw, both with the Lancaster firm of Clymer & Musser, P.C., are representing a Perry County man in a parental custody battle over his daughter with the husband of his deceased ex-wife.

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

What our ADF-allied attorneys have to share is so valuable, they're giving it away.

A middle school student is temporarily free “to wear his ‘Abortion is not Healthcare’ t-shirt, and other pro-life and/or religious t-shirts,” according to a federal court order issued Monday. The West Shore School District agreed to the order, which also prohibits school officials from enforcing problematic policies challenged by Alliance Defense Fund attorneys in a lawsuit filed Oct. 5, after the student was prohibited from wearing the shirt because “it might insult somebody.”

Alliance Defense Fund allied attorneys have reached a major milestone, having donated more than $100 million worth of pro bono litigation work toward the fight for religious liberty across the globe. Since its launch in 1994, more than half a million pro bono hours have been contributed by attorneys trained at the National Litigation Academy, a growing group now totaling more than 1,300.

Alliance Defense Fund attorneys filed a lawsuit in federal court last week against the West Shore School District for prohibiting a student from wearing a T-shirt bearing the message, “Abortion is not Healthcare.” Officials at Crossroads Middle School in Lewisberry ordered the student to remove the shirt on the day of President Obama’s public address to students because the officials deemed the shirt “inappropriate,” saying it might insult somebody. The school routinely allows other students to wear a wide variety of messages on their clothing.

Across America, a growing number of conscientious pastors are recognizing and exercising their right - indeed, their obligation - to apply biblical truth to contemporary public policy issues.