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CNS: “Americans should not be forced to pay for experiments that destroy human life, have produced no real-world treatments and violate federal law,” Aden said in a July 27 statement. “The law is clear, and we intend to review all of our options for appeal of this decision. “In these tough economic times, it makes no sense for the federal government to use taxpayer money for this illegal and unethical purpose,” he added.

OneNewsNow.com: “Americans should not be forced to pay for experiments that destroy human life, have produced no real-world treatments, and violate federal law,” he contends. “The district court’s injunction simply enforced that law, which makes sure Americans don’t pay any more precious taxpayer dollars for needless research made irrelevant by adult stem-cell and other research.”

Chemical & Engineering News: The litigation, however, is likely to continue. The plaintiffs plan to review all options for an appeal, according to their attorney, Steven H. Aden of the Alliance Defense Fund. “In these tough economic times, it makes no sense for the federal government to use taxpayer money for this illegal and unethical purpose,” Aden says.

The New American: James Sherley, one of the plaintiffs in the suit, who uses adult stem cells in his research, was set to file an appeal of the verdict, with the aid of the Alliance Defense Fund, which represented him and Theresa Deisher in the lawsuit. “Americans should not be forced to pay for experiments that destroy human life, have produced no real-world treatments, and violate federal law,” ADF senior counsel Steven Aden said after the verdict. “The law is clear, and we intend to review all of our options for appeal of this decision.”

NCRegister.com subcaption: Americans should not be forced to pay for experiments that destroy human life, have produced no real-world treatments, and violate federal law,’ said Steven Aden, senior council at the Alliance Defense Fund, which supported the lawsuit. The group is reviewing its options for appeal.

Missouri Lawyers Media (subscription) (blog) – Tom Schoenberg, Scott Lauck – ‎16 hours ago‎ Their lawyer, Steven Aden of the Alliance Defense Fund, said his clients are weighing all of their options for an appeal. Missouri Cures, a nonprofit organization that helped pass a 2006 state constitutional amendment passage that protects the ability …

Christian Post: “Americans should not be forced to pay for experiments that destroy human life, have produced no real-world treatments, and violate federal law,” said ADF senior counsel Steven H. Aden. “The law is clear, and we intend to review all of our options for appeal of this decision,” he added. “In these tough economic times, it makes no sense for the federal government to use taxpayer money for this illegal and unethical purpose.”

International Business Times: “American should not be forced to pay for experiments that destroy human life, have produced no real-world treatments, and would violate federal law,” said ADF senior counsel Steven Aden. “The law is clear, and we intend to review all our options for appeal of this decision. “In these tough economic times, it makes no sense for the federal government to use taxpayer money for this illegal and unethical purpose.”

World Net Daily: ADF said, “The judge explained that he believes his hands have been tied by an appellate court decision that reversed his August 2010 order to stop the funding in light of a federal law that prohibits it.” ADF Senior Counsel Steven H. Aden said Americans “should not be forced to pay for experiments that destroy human life, have produced no real-world treatments, and violate federal law.” “The district court’s injunction simply enforced that law, which makes sure Americans don’t pay any more precious taxpayer dollars for needless research made irrelevant by adult stem cell and other research,” he said. “The law is clear, and we intend to review all of our options for appeal of this decision. In these tough economic times, it makes no sense for the federal government to use taxpayer money for this illegal and unethical purpose.”

Christian Post: “Americans should not be forced to pay for experiments that destroy human life, have produced no real-world treatments, and violate federal law,” said ADF Senior Counsel Steven H. Aden in a statement. “The district court’s injunction simply enforced that law, which makes sure Americans don’t pay any more precious taxpayer dollars for needless research made irrelevant by adult stem cell and other research. The law is clear, and we intend to review all of our options for appeal of this decision. In these tough economic times, it makes no sense for the federal government to use taxpayer money for this illegal and unethical purpose.”

Steven Aden at Townhall : For starters, this means the law of the land in Indiana declares that “human physical life” begins at conception. An amazing feat considering the fact that Planned Parenthood’s “bioethics expert” in the case, Lee M. Silver, a Princeton University professor and American Association for the Advancement of Science Fellow, relied on the same Leftist-lexicon that has been so thoroughly dominant in academic and naturalistic circles for generations.

Warren Richey at the Christian Science Monitor via the Alaska Dispatch: “Americans should not be forced to pay for experiments that destroy human life, have produced no real-world treatments, and violate federal law,” said Steven Aden, senior counsel with the Alliance Defense Fund. “In these tough economic times, it makes no sense for the federal government to use taxpayer money for this illegal and unethical purpose,” Mr. Aden said in a statement.

Eryn Brown at the San Francisco Chronicle: Sherley and Deisher can appeal the ruling. The Alliance Defense Fund, a conservative organization that assisted with the lawsuit, said in a statement that its attorneys and other lawyers involved in the case were “weighing all of their options for appeal.”

The Washington Post: ttorneys involved in the challenge, including Alliance Defense Fund senior counsel Steven Aden, said that they were weighing their options for appeal of the ruling.
“Americans should not be forced to pay for experiments that destroy human life, have produced no real-world treatments and violate federal law,” he said. “In these tough economic times, it makes no sense for the federal government to use taxpayer money for this illegal and unethical purpose.”

WSJ.com: Alliance Defense Fund senior counsel Steven Aden, one of the lawyers for the scientists, suggested the legal fight wasn’t over. “We’re evaluating all of our options for appeal,” he said.

NPR: “The law is clear, and we intend to review all of our options for appeal of this decision,” said a statement from Steven Aden of the Alliance Defense Fund. “In these tough economic times, it makes no sense for the federal government to use taxpayer money for this illegal and unethical purpose.” | Hundreds of reports appear in connection with this ruling.

ScienceInsider: Steven Aden of the Alliance Defense Fund in Washington, D.C., one of the plaintiffs’ attorneys, said in a statement that they “are weighing all of their options for appeal.” The plaintiffs’ first recourse would be to go back to the appeals court, where the same three-member panel would probably hear the case, says Greely. If they lose again, which seems likely, the plaintiffs can appeal to the Supreme Court. “I think they will lose [in the Supreme Court], but it’s probably worth it for them to give it a shot,” says Greely.

DF said today it might appeal the dismissal, which was viewed as a White House victory.
“Americans should not be forced to pay for experiments that destroy human life, have produced no real-world treatments, and violate federal law,” said ADF senior counsel Steven Aden. “The district court’s injunction simply enforced that law, which makes sure Americans don’t pay any more precious taxpayer dollars for needless research made irrelevant by adult stem cell and other research. The law is clear, and we intend to review all of our options for appeal of this decision. In these tough economic times, it makes no sense for the federal government to use taxpayer money for this illegal and unethical purpose.”

LifeNews.com: The Alliance Defense Fund, responding to today’s ruling by Judge Lamberth saying he must follow the decision of a Federal appeals court that wanted the case thrown out, said its attorneys will join Samuel B. Casey of the Jubilee Campaign’s Law of Life Project and pro-life attorney Tom Hungar to consider filing the appeal. The pro-life legal team members are weighing all of their options for appeal in light of a federal judge’s ruling that the embryonic funding can continue despite it violating a 1996 law prohibiting the funding of research destroying human embryos.

Charisma: Alliance Defense Fund attorneys, together with Samuel B. Casey of the Jubilee Campaign’s Law of Life Project and Tom Hungar of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, LLP, are weighing all appeal options. “Americans should not be forced to pay for experiments that destroy human life, have produced no real-world treatments and violate federal law,” said ADF Senior Counsel Steven H. Aden. “The district court’s injunction simply enforced that law, which makes sure Americans don’t pay any more precious taxpayer dollars for needless research made irrelevant by adult stem cell and other research. The law is clear, and we intend to review all of our options for appeal of this decision. In these tough economic times, it makes no sense for the federal government to use taxpayer money for this illegal and unethical purpose.”

Nature News Blog: Today, Lamberth wrote: “While it may be true that by following the Court of Appeals’ conclusion as to the ambiguity of “research,” this Court has become a grudging partner in a bout of “linguistic jujitsu”, such is life for a [lower] court.” . . . Plaintiffs’ attorney Stephen Aden of the Washington, D.C.-based Alliance Defense Fund, portrayed Lamberth as having his “hands tied” by the court of appeals’ April decision. “Americans should not be forced to pay for experiments that destroy human life, have produced no real-world treatments, and violate federal law,” Aden said in a statement. “The law is clear, and we intend to review all of our options for appeal of this decision.”

USATODAY.com: Reached by phone, Steve Aden of the Alliance Defense Fund, which supported the lawsuit by researcher James Sherley of the Boston Biomedical Research Institute, says, “we think the law is clear and intend to examine all our options to appeal.” ADF is a “network of attorneys brings a wealth of experience to the fight to defend religious freedom, the sanctity of life, marriage, and the family,” according to its website.

Boston Globe: In a statement, attorneys who brought the lawsuit said they are considering next steps. “The law is clear, and we intend to review all of our options for appeal of this decision,” said Steven H. Aden, senior counsel for the Alliance Defense Fund, a nonprofit alliance of Christian attorneys and co-counsel in the lawsuit.

Reuters at Chicagotribune.com: Attorneys involved in the challenge, including Alliance Defense Fund senior counsel Steven Aden, said they were weighing their options for appeal of the ruling. “Americans should not be forced to pay for experiments that destroy human life, have produced no real-world treatments, and violate federal law,” he said. “In these tough economic times, it makes no sense for the federal government to use taxpayer money for this illegal and unethical purpose.”

ADF Attorney Steven Aden appeared on KFUO with Roland Lettner to discuss the situation. | MP3 audio 22:47 mins

ADF attorney Steven Aden appeared on the Hugh Hewitt Show to discuss the new law. | MP3 audio 5:37 mins | Related ADF press release

ADF attorney Steven Aden appeared on the Janet Mefferd Show to discuss the litigation. | MP3 audio 19:17 mins

The New American: Senior Counsel Steven H. Aden of The Alliance Defense Fund, another pro-life group supporting Indiana’s action, observed: “The precious tax dollars of the people of Indiana should not be funneled to abortionists, especially during tough economic times. The Indiana Legislature has worded a bill that allows them to be good stewards of the people’s money in this regard without fear of jeopardizing other funding that is clearly not at issue in this bill. In fact, if … the bill … is ever attacked in court, ADF would offer to assist in mounting a legal defense of the law free of charge.”

ADF attorney Steven Aden at Townhall (6/30): On Friday, June 24, a federal court temporarily suspended portions of Indiana’s House Bill 1210, which contained a provision aimed at defunding abortionist organizations, like Planned Parenthood, within the state. And although this suspension was disappointing, other aspects of the court’s decision were a boon for pro-life groups in Indiana and the whole nation.

Baptist Press: Of Pratt’s retention of the life-at-fertilization provision, Steven Aden of the Alliance Defense Fund said, “All the court did was recognize the indisputable fact that a biological human life begins at conception. It is false to say anything else.”

OneNewsNow (6/28): “No one should be allowed to decide that a human innocent life is worthless,” contends Alliance Defense Fund attorney Steven H. Aden. “Abortionists have done this by telling women that a pre-born baby is just a batch of cells instead of what he or she actually is — a human being . . . [more]

Charisma: “No one should be allowed to decide that an innocent life is worthless. Abortionists have done this by telling women that a pre-born baby is just a batch of cells instead of what he or she actually is: a human being. This law ends that deception in Indiana,” says Alliance Defense Fund Senior Counsel Steven H. Aden. “All the court did was recognize the indisputable fact that a biological human life begins at conception. It is false to say anything else.”

ADF attorney Steven Aden at Townhall (6/24): As the fight for life over death continues, the battlefield has shifted to the states, where legislatures realigned politically as a result of the November 2010 mid-term elections are doing yeoman’s work in the defense of innocents. This work consists in defunding the mammoth tax-payer funded abortion provider, Planned Parenthood.

The American Independent: . . . the Alliance Defense Fund (ADF), a legal alliance of Christian attorneys, appealed the judge’s order in conjunction with the Center for Arizona Policy (which helped draft the bill), the Bioethics Defense Fund and the Life Legal Defense Foundation. On Tuesday afternoon, counsel for the Alliance Defense Fund is arguing at the Arizona Court of Appeals in Phoenix . . . testifying on Tuesday is ADF senior counsel Steven H. Aden. “The protection of women should not be on hold while the nation’s largest abortion purveyor ties things up in court,” Aden said in a press release sent out Monday.

LifeNews.com: Alliance Defense Fund Senior Counsel Steven H. Aden is arguing in favor of lifting the order that stalled the Arizona Abortion Consent Act. “If Planned Parenthood really cared about women’s rights, they’d support laws that allow women to make fully informed choices instead of going to court to tear them down,” said Aden. “The protection of women should not be on hold while the nation’s largest abortion purveyor ties things up in court.” “If abortionists really cared about women’s rights, they’d support laws that allow women to make fully informed choices instead of challenging these laws in court,” Aden said.

Alliance Defense Fund Senior Counsel Steven H. Aden will be available for media interviews Tuesday following his oral arguments in favor of lifting an order that stalled the Arizona Abortion Consent Act.

LifeNews.com: “The precious tax dollars of the people of Indiana should not be funneled to abortionists, especially during tough economic times,” said ADF Senior Counsel Steven H. Aden. “The Indiana Legislature has worded a bill that allows them to be good stewards of the people’s money in this regard without fear of jeopardizing other funding that is clearly not at issue in this bill. In fact, if the governor signs the bill and it is ever attacked in court, ADF would offer to assist in mounting a legal defense of the law free of charge.”

Steven Aden at the Constituting America: “The enumeration in the Constitution of certain rights shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.” Despite 220 years of constitutional interpretation, there really isn’t much one can say about the Ninth Amendment. And that’s just what James Madison and the Framers intended.

ADF attorney Steven Aden at Human Events: Over the years, politicians in the House and Senate got so accustomed to treating taxpayers’ hard-earned money like a slush fund that they began throwing money at their own pet projects, even when those projects were opposed by a majority of taxpayers. A case in point is Planned Parenthood . . .

LifeNews: “The precious tax dollars of the people of Indiana should not be funneled to abortionists, especially during tough economic times,” said ADF Senior Counsel Steven H. Aden. “The Indiana Legislature has worded a bill that allows them to be good stewards of the people’s money in this regard without fear of jeopardizing other funding that is clearly not at issue in this bill. In fact, if the governor signs the bill and it is ever attacked in court, ADF would offer to assist in mounting a legal defense of the law free of charge.”

Christian Law Journal: The Alliance Defense Fund, a legal alliance of Christian attorneys “which defend[s] the right of people to freely live out their faith,” is representing Sen. Linda Gray and Rep. Nancy Barto — who are both bill sponsors — and other organizations who are seeking to intervene . . . Alliance Defense Fund Senior Legal Counsel Steven H. Aden said in statement that the law is reasonable and gives women important information they need. “Everyone deserves full and accurate information before undergoing any medical procedure,”said Aden. He continued, “These lawsuits are more about protecting ‘bottom lines’ than protecting women’s rights.” “If Planned Parenthood and the Center for Reproductive Rights really cared about women’s rights, they’d support laws that allow women to make fully informed choices instead of challenging these laws in court. These types of protections have been repeatedly upheld and are overwhelmingly supported by the public.”

LifeNews: . . . A lawsuit in which Planned Parenthood was recently found to have violated an Ohio informed consent law has been “resolved and dismissed,” according to the Alliance Defense Fund allied attorney who filed the suit . . . Brian Hurley . . . “The health and safety of young girls is far more important than Planned Parenthood’s desire to make money on an abortion,” said ADF Senior Counsel Steven H. Aden. “This lawsuit was yet another clear demonstration of Planned Parenthood’s ongoing effort to put its profit margin ahead of the true needs of young women. If they truly cared about the girls who enter their doors, they would not be ignoring Ohio law and allowing statutory rape to occur so they can make money killing a baby. They also wouldn’t be trying so desperately to keep all of their records secret.”

ADF Attorney Steven Aden at the Christian Post Advancing Religious Libety Blog: When you’re satirized in The Onion, as Planned Parenthood was yesterday, you’re no longer a sacred cow. That’s very good news . . .

New American: Before Daniels signed the measure, ADF Senior Counsel Steven Aden advised: “The Indiana Legislature has worded a bill that allows them to be good stewards of the people’s money in this regard without fear of jeopardizing other funding that is clearly not at issue in this bill. In fact, if the governor signs the bill and it is ever attacked in court, ADF would offer to assist in mounting a legal defense of the law free of charge.”

“The precious tax dollars of the people of Indiana should not be funneled to abortionists, especially during tough economic times,” said ADF Senior Counsel Steven H. Aden. “The Indiana Legislature has worded a bill that allows them to be good stewards of the people’s money in this regard without fear of jeopardizing other funding that is clearly not at issue in this bill. In fact, if the governor signs the bill and it is ever attacked in court, ADF would offer to assist in mounting a legal defense of the law free of charge.”

The American Independent: “Taxpayers should not be forced, through tax dollars, to support performing abortions or any organization that performs abortions,” said Schneider, who called the service “morally objectionable.” He said the CMS claim that Indiana will not be able to deny Planned Parenthood reimbursement of Medicaid claims is a ”false alarm” and is confident the bill will pass all legal tests, bolstered by legal opinions from the Christian legal network the Alliance Defense Fund and James Bopp, Jr., an attorney for the Terre Haute, Ind.-based law firm Bopp, Coleson and Bostrom . . . Steve Aden, senior counsel for the Alliance Defense Fund, said the notion that Indiana would be the first state to deny federal funding to abortion providers is inaccurate. He said Texas and Missouri* have already passed similar legislation, and, to his knowledge, have not been threatened with discontinuation of federal matching funds for family planning under Title X.

Christian Law Journal: Alliance Defense Fund Senior Legal Counsel Steven H. Aden said in statement that the law is reasonable and gives women important information they need. “Everyone deserves full and accurate information before undergoing any medical procedure,”said Aden. He continued, “These lawsuits are more about protecting ‘bottom lines’ than protecting women’s rights.” “If Planned Parenthood and the Center for Reproductive Rights really cared about women’s rights, they’d support laws that allow women to make fully informed choices instead of challenging these laws in court. These types of protections have been repeatedly upheld and are overwhelmingly supported by the public.”

ADF attorney Steve Aden appeared on the Zeb Bell Show to discuss this: Raped girl’s lawsuit against Planned Parenthood comes to a close. | MP3 audio 13:57 mins

One News Now: “The Indiana legislature has worded a bill that allows them to be good stewards of the people’s money in this regard without fear of jeopardizing other funding that is clearly not at issue in this bill,” he explains. “In fact, if the governor signs the bill and it’s ever attacked in court, ADF would offer to assist in mounting a legal defense of the law, free of charge.”

Law360.com: The plaintiffs are represented by Samuel Casey of Advocates International, Steven Aden of Alliance Defense Fund and Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP’s Thomas Hungar, Bradley Lingo and Ryan J. Watson.

LifeSiteNews: In a statement from the Life Legal Defense Fund, Executive Director Dana Cody called this week’s final resolution of the case “an act of desperation on the part of Planned Parenthood.” “They went, in a matter of months, from litigating every inch of their defense to a sudden willingness to resolve the matter,” she said. In an interview with LifeSiteNews, ADF Senior Counsel Steven Aden offered his own speculation on why Planned Parenthood agreed to a resolution. “Planned Parenthood wouldn’t want the explosive facts of this lawsuit as alleged by the plaintiffs out in the public eye, given how much damage it has sustained in its public images from recent revelations of aiding sexual traffickers by Live Action,” he said.

Cal. Catholic Daily: California voters have rejected three parental notification initiatives after Planned Parenthood poured millions of dollars into campaigns to defeat them. Voters narrowly rejected Proposition 73 in 2005, Proposition 85 in 2006 and Proposition 4 in 2008. The following press release from the Alliance Defense Fund about an Ohio case helps explain why Planned Parenthood spends millions to keep such laws off the books – and why California needs such a law to protect minors.) | Life Legal Defense Foundation Press Release

ADF attorney Steven Aden writes at LifeNews: By ignoring a tidal wave of legal authority that insists that unborn children are valuable and worthy of legal protection, CRR and Planned Parenthood may be setting themselves up to lose the war of public support, even if they win the next battle in the courts. And because law follows public opinion, Roe cannot stand when the ground of public support for – or acquiescence in – abortion on demand has eroded away underneath it.

ADF attorney Steven H. Aden is a guest essayist at Constituting America.  He has written a brief analysis of Article I, Section 6, Clause 2 of the United States Constitution which provides: “2: No Senator or Representative shall, during the Time for which he was elected, be appointed to any civil Office under the Authority of the United States, which shall have been created, or the Emoluments whereof shall have been encreased during such time; and no Person holding any Office under the United States, shall be a Member of either House during his Continuance in Office.”

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ADF attorney Steven Aden appeared on the Zeb Bell Show to discuss this: Indiana county’s regulations on abortion survive ACLU challenge. | MP3 audio 18:14 mins

One News Now: Steven H. Aden, an attorney with Alliance Defense Fund, argues that a patient’s health is more important than an abortionist’s bottom line. “The court was right to reject this attempt to escape commonsense health and safety regulations,” says the attorney. “If abortionists really cared about the people who enter their doors, they wouldn’t be attempting to tear down these laws.” . . . “The truth is that because of this poor understanding of the constitutional right to regulate abortion clinics, back-alley abortionists still exist,” says the ADF attorney

LifeNews: Attorneys with the Alliance Defense Fund, a pro-life legal group, served as co-counsel with lawyers from the Louisiana Department of Health to defend the law in court. “A patient’s health is more important than an abortionist’s bottom line,” said ADF Senior Counsel Steven H. Aden. “The court was right to reject this attempt to escape common-sense health and safety regulations. If abortionists truly cared about the people who enter their doors, they wouldn’t be attempting to tear down these types of laws.”

LifeNews: “A patient’s health is more important than an abortionist’s bottom line,” said ADF Senior Counsel Steven H. Aden. “This settlement means the county will not have to put the health and safety of patients at risk just because one man wanted to perform abortions without the same sensible safety precautions that apply to all out-of-town surgeons. The ordinance makes sure that patients receive appropriate treatment in the event that a medical emergency arises after itinerant physicians have gone back home and are no longer available to care for their patients.”

One News Now: Steven H. Aden, an attorney with the Alliance Defense Fund (ADF), tells OneNewsNow the settlement implements most of the law. “The ruling introduced last year requires that itinerant physicians, those with only part-time or temporary offices in the county, have to provide patients and area hospitals with 24-hour contact information and the name of a second physician designated for patient follow-up after the itinerant physician goes back to where they came from,” Aden explains.

Women’s protections through Patient Safety Ordinance left largely intact after abortionist dismisses lawsuit against Allen County

One News Now: An Oklahoma court is allowing the Alliance Defense Fund (ADF) and the Jubilee Campaign’s Law of Life project to intervene in an Oklahoma case . . . “The intervention is on behalf of American Victims of Abortion, which includes women who have had abortions and who can testify about the devastating consequences of undergoing the procedure without knowing what it really entails,” explains Steven H. Aden, attorney with the Alliance Defense Fund.

Charisma Mag: “Abortionists have launched a lawsuit against Oklahoma’s new informed consent law . . . ‘Giving women all of the information they need prior to making such a weighty decision is far more important than an abortionist’s bottom line,’ says ADF Senior Counsel [Steven Aden]. ‘Those attacking this law are obviously more concerned about financial gain than the best interests of women and their preborn children.’”

OneNewsNow: “A New York nurse has lost her appeal of a court decision involving a work incident that she believes violated her conscience rights . . . ‘Unfortunately, the Obama administration has now taken the position that it will not enforce rights under the Church Amendment and has tried to set aside regulations passed in the Bush administration to give the Church Amendments more teeth and to protect pro-life healthcare workers,’ [ADF Attorney Steve Aden] laments.”

ADF attorney Steven Aden appeared on the Bob Dutko Show to discuss this: Nurse forced to assist in abortion seeks to stop dismantling of her conscience protections. | MP3 audio 6:16 mins

The McPherson Sentinel: “‘Congress showed blatant disregard for the Constitution, and that’s the pivotal issue here,’ said Alliance Defense Fund Senior Counsel [Steven H. Aden]. ADF is a legal alliance founded in 1993 by more than 30 Christian leaders.”

Christian Post: “Attorneys from religious freedom legal group Alliance Defense Fund applauded the ruling. ‘No one should be forced to pay for an unconstitutional federal takeover of health care that will funnel taxpayer dollars into the pockets of abortionists,’ said ADF senior counsel [Steven Aden].”

LifeNews: “Senior Counsel [Steven H. Aden] of the pro-life legal group Alliance Defense Fund, also weighed in on the decision. ‘No one should be forced to pay for an unconstitutional federal takeover of health care that will funnel taxpayer dollars into the pockets of abortionists and lead inevitably toward death panels for the elderly and infirm. Congress showed blatant disregard for the Constitution, and that’s the pivotal issue here,’ he told LifeNews.com.”

WorldNetDaily: “‘No one should be forced to pay for an unconstitutional federal takeover of health care that will funnel taxpayer dollars into the pockets of abortionists and lead inevitably toward death panels for the elderly and infirm. Congress showed blatant disregard for the Constitution, and that’s the pivotal issue here,’ said Alliance Defense Fund Senior Counsel [Steven H. Aden].”

RICHMOND, Va. — “No one should be forced to pay for an unconstitutional federal takeover of health care that will funnel taxpayer dollars into the pockets of abortionists and lead inevitably toward death panels for the elderly and infirm. Congress …

LifeNews: “The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia will hear oral arguments Monday in the appeal of a lower court ruling related to the lawsuit brought by stem cell research scientists . . . [Steven Aden], a lead attorney for the Alliance Defense Fund applauded [the lower court's ruling]. ‘The American people should not be forced to pay for experiments — prohibited by federal law — that destroy human life,’ he said.”

OneNewsNow: “A court intervention has saved the life of an unborn baby in Texas . . . ‘It was a difficult choice for the girl to make to have to involve help from the outside, including legal assistance from ADF attorneys, but she felt that the life of her baby was worth it,” [ADF Attorney Steve Aden] notes.”

ADF attorney Steve Aden appeared on KCMN with Tron Simpson to provide an update on the embryonic stem cell litigation. | MP3 audio 7:10 mins

OneNewsNow: “‘The American taxpayers said 15 years ago that public funding cannot be provided for embryonic stem-cell research, and this is a test in the courts [on] whether the rule of law will be upheld or whether taxpayer dollars will continue to be used for research that has proven to be unproductive, unlawful, and unethical,’ ADF attorney [Steve Aden] comments about the latest decision.”

The New American: “The Alliance Defense Fund is involved in the lawsuit that challenges the use of federal funds for embryonic stem-cell research. [Steven Aden], senior legal counsel for the Alliance Defense Fund reacted to the Appeals Court decision. ‘We believe it’s a shame that they would rush to push funding of embryonic stem cell research, and a waste of taxpayer money.’”

LifeNews: “The Obama administration argued with an appeals court on Monday to overturn the decision a federal judge issued to temporarily halt taxpayer funding of embryonic stem cell research that destroys human lives to produce. They claimed the temporary funding ban would hurt scientific research . . . [Steven Aden], a lead attorney for the Alliance Defense Fund applauded Lamberth’s decision. ‘The American people should not be forced to pay for experiments — prohibited by federal law — that destroy human life,’ he said. ‘The court is simply enforcing an existing law passed by Congress that prevents Americans from paying another penny for needless research on human embryos.’”