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ADF attorneys successfully halt censorship of pro-life advocates in Ohio
A federal court has ruled that an Ohio town violated the First Amendment rights of pro-life advocates when police officers threatened them with arrest for engaging in pro-life speech. Attorneys with the Alliance Defense Fund filed a federal lawsuit against the city of Findlay on behalf of the pro-life advocates.
http://www.faithandfreedomsunday.net/news/pressrelease.aspx?cid=4784 - 3k - 1/6/2009
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Univ. of Wis. Hospitals secret plan to perform second-trimester abortions unveiled
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.
http://www.faithandfreedomsunday.net/news/pressrelease.aspx?cid=4783 - 3k - 1/6/2009
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Husband retains guardianship of wife over sister-in-law, securing spouse’s life
A man seeking to protect his disabled wife from having her nutrition and hydration removed by his sister-in-law succeeded in having the court name him as guardian Tuesday when the sister-in-law withdrew her application for guardianship. Alliance Defense Fund allied attorney Joel Kirkpatrick represents Robert Lavers, the husband of Heather Lavers.
http://www.faithandfreedomsunday.net/news/pressrelease.aspx?cid=4763 - 3k - 11/25/2008
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ADF-allied attorney available to media after hearing over life of Fla. woman
Alliance Defense Fund allied attorney Joel Kirkpatrick will be available for media interviews following his arguments Tuesday asking a court to prevent the transfer of guardianship over a disabled woman from her husband to her sister, who has indicated she might allow her to die. Kirkpatrick and other ADF-allied attorneys represent Robert Lavers in a lawsuit which seeks to keep his wife, Heather Lavers, alive.
http://www.faithandfreedomsunday.net/news/pressrelease.aspx?cid=4761 - 3k - 11/24/2008
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Delaware woman’s parents now in agreement: their daughter must live
Alliance Defense Fund attorneys have reached a favorable settlement in a lawsuit that had pitted father against mother over the life of their 24-year-old daughter who suffers from severe brain injury. Because of religious conviction and heartfelt interaction with her ex-husband’s family, the mother of Lauren Richardson decided to join cooperatively with Richardson’s father to care for their daughter and to drop her court request to remove Richardson’s feeding tube and water.
http://www.faithandfreedomsunday.net/news/pressrelease.aspx?cid=4754 - 3k - 11/19/2008
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Pro-life organizations file brief to defend Ireland abortion ban
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.
http://www.faithandfreedomsunday.net/news/pressrelease.aspx?cid=4751 - 3k - 11/17/2008
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The Danger Of Getting What You Didn’t Pay For
How would you like your tax dollars to go to those that kill unborn children?
It’s been happening in Colorado – a violation not just of human decency but of the state’s own Constitution, which specifically prohibits the government from directing tax dollars to businesses and agencies that provide abortions.
http://www.faithandfreedomsunday.net/issues/sanctityoflife/abortion.aspx?cid=4747 - 3k - 11/12/2008
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ADF-allied attorney available to media after hearing in N.C. pro-life event suit
Alliance Defense Fund allied attorney Frederick Nelson will be available for media interviews following his oral arguments in federal court Monday in Benham v. City of Charlotte. After Rev. Philip Benham was denied a “festival permit” for a Roe v. Wade anniversary event, Nelson filed suit on Benham’s behalf against the city, which declared the event a “demonstration” instead of a “festival” because it included praise, worship, and preaching of the Gospel.
http://www.faithandfreedomsunday.net/news/pressrelease.aspx?cid=4741 - 3k - 11/7/2008
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ADF attorney available to media after hearing on abortion clinic standards
Alliance Defense Fund Senior Legal Counsel Steven H. Aden will be available for media interviews following his oral arguments in defense of a state law being challenged by Planned Parenthood. Aden will be asking the court to uphold the decision of a lower court which determined that abortion clinics that dispense abortion-inducing drugs must abide by the same health and safety standards as other abortion clinics.
http://www.faithandfreedomsunday.net/news/pressrelease.aspx?cid=4733 - 2k - 11/3/2008
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Lawsuit challenges $18 million in contracts awarded to Colo. abortionists
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.
http://www.faithandfreedomsunday.net/news/pressrelease.aspx?cid=4728 - 3k - 10/29/2008
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