SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — 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.
“Pro-life students should not be discriminated against for expressing their beliefs, so ADF will be ready to defend any students who have their First Amendment rights violated,” said ADF Senior Legal Counsel David Cortman. “The Pro-Life Day of Silent Solidarity is a non-disruptive, student-led event occurring outside of instructional time. These students have the constitutional right to express their viewpoint on abortion, just as other students have the right to express theirs.”
The 5th annual Pro-life Day of Silent Solidarity is sponsored by Stand True Ministries (www.standtrue.com), a pro-life youth organization. A legal memo outlining the rights of students participating in the event is available at www.telladf.org/UserDocs/PDSSmemo.pdf.
ADF is a legal alliance of Christian attorneys and like-minded organizations defending the right of people to freely live out their faith. Launched in 1994, ADF employs a unique combination of strategy, training, funding, and litigation to protect and preserve religious liberty, the sanctity of life, marriage, and the family.
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