http://www.alliancealert.org news from the frontlines of the culture war Thu, 24 May 2012 23:12:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/02/new-congressional-bill-stops-abortion-funding-in-obamacare/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/02/new-congressional-bill-stops-abortion-funding-in-obamacare/#comments Wed, 02 May 2012 19:06:05 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=132735 LifeNews: More than 60 GOP members of the House have introduced the Stop Abortion Funding in Multi-state Exchange Plans (SAFE) Act, led by pro-life Rep. Todd Akin, a Missouri Republican . . . ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/02/new-congressional-bill-stops-abortion-funding-in-obamacare/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/13/bill-banning-late-term-abortions-in-arizona-awaits-governors-signature-the-georgia-bulletin/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/13/bill-banning-late-term-abortions-in-arizona-awaits-governors-signature-the-georgia-bulletin/#comments Fri, 13 Apr 2012 18:23:51 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=131093 The Georgia Bulletin: He noted that one Democrat, Rep. Catherine Miranda, voted for it even though her party doesn't usually support that type of legislation. "We're very appreciative that she made it a bipartisan bill, voting yes on this as a Democrat," Johnson said. He also lauded the efforts of the Alliance Defense Fund and the Bioethics Defense Fund in helping craft the measure and working for its passage | Update: The Governor has signed the bill. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/13/bill-banning-late-term-abortions-in-arizona-awaits-governors-signature-the-georgia-bulletin/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/08/nikolas-t-nikas-and-dorinada-bordlee-three-things-everyone-should-know-about-the-hhs-mandate/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/08/nikolas-t-nikas-and-dorinada-bordlee-three-things-everyone-should-know-about-the-hhs-mandate/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:52:11 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=125081 National Review Online: While a much longer treatment is called for, here’s three quick facts that everyone should know . . . ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/08/nikolas-t-nikas-and-dorinada-bordlee-three-things-everyone-should-know-about-the-hhs-mandate/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/03/nurses-were-right-to-resist-pressure-to-assist-abortions-life-news/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/03/nurses-were-right-to-resist-pressure-to-assist-abortions-life-news/#comments Tue, 03 Jan 2012 11:36:02 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=121778 LifeNews: This was indeed a great victory, and the credit goes to twelve brave and principled nurses who stood their ground, and attorney Matt Bowman of the Alliance Defense Fund for his skillful and equally courageous defense of the nurses. There is a fundamental principle at stake here, one that is testing all of our established human anthropology, metaphysics, ethics, and jurisprudence . . . Blessedly, we have principled leaders and warriors today in people like Matt Bowman of the Alliance Defense Fund, Nikolas Nikas and Dorinda Bordleee of the Bioethics Defense Fund, who speak frequently at medical and law schools about conscience rights, and brave medical professionals who are dedicated to upholding the highest estimation of humanity under the law. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/03/nurses-were-right-to-resist-pressure-to-assist-abortions-life-news/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/16/planned-parenthood-throws-in-the-towel-onenewsnow/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/16/planned-parenthood-throws-in-the-towel-onenewsnow/#comments Wed, 16 Nov 2011 10:12:28 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=118716 OneNewsNow.com: Steven H. Aden is an attorney with the Arizona-based Alliance Defense Fund, one of the groups that defended the law. "A woman's right to make a fully informed choice is more important than Planned Parenthood's desire to profit from abortions," says Aden. "Without this legal roadblock, women will now be better protected -- and so will pro-life medical professionals whom the law protects from being coerced into participating in abortions." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/16/planned-parenthood-throws-in-the-towel-onenewsnow/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/15/adf-planned-parenthood-surrenders-ends-attack-on-ariz-abortion-consent-act/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/15/adf-planned-parenthood-surrenders-ends-attack-on-ariz-abortion-consent-act/#comments Tue, 15 Nov 2011 13:30:13 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=118628 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/15/adf-planned-parenthood-surrenders-ends-attack-on-ariz-abortion-consent-act/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/10/12/growing-secularism-seen-as-greatest-threat-facing-health-care-workers/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/10/12/growing-secularism-seen-as-greatest-threat-facing-health-care-workers/#comments Wed, 12 Oct 2011 17:51:59 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=116012 »The Catholic Review Online: The battle over conscience rights has been ongoing, said Nik Nikas, president and general counsel of the Bioethics Defense Fund. “When you stand for conscience,” Nikas said, “you are indicting others.” He told a story of a Catholic medical student who was mocked by his professor for stepping out during a sterilization procedure. Alan Sears, CEO of the Alliance Defense Fund, lauded legislation recently passed in Arizona that limits and restricts the right to abortion. Religious communities are an essential part of the fabric of America, he said, and their rights of conscience must be protected. “Those who are treated in Catholic hospitals and by people like you … receive better care,” Sears said. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/10/12/growing-secularism-seen-as-greatest-threat-facing-health-care-workers/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/11/arizona-court-upholds-pro-life-law-with-abortion-limits/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/11/arizona-court-upholds-pro-life-law-with-abortion-limits/#comments Thu, 11 Aug 2011 16:47:39 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=110615 LifeNews.com: “The Court acknowledged the Legislature’s right to pass legislation to protect the health and safety of women considering abortion,” said Deborah Sheasby, Center for Arizona Policy’s Legal Counsel. “This is a major victory for Arizona women.” “If Planned Parenthood truly cared about what’s best for women, they wouldn’t be repeatedly going to court around the nation to stop laws that allow women to make fully informed choices,” said ADF Senior Counsel Steven H. Aden, who argued before the Court of Appeals on June 14. “The court ruled rightly in this case in rejecting the arguments of the nation’s largest purveyor of abortion. The protection of women is not unconstitutional.” ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/11/arizona-court-upholds-pro-life-law-with-abortion-limits/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/06/15/anti-abortion-rights-groups-appeal-ongoing-lawsuit-against-arizona-consent-law/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/06/15/anti-abortion-rights-groups-appeal-ongoing-lawsuit-against-arizona-consent-law/#comments Wed, 15 Jun 2011 09:22:48 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=106416 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. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/06/15/anti-abortion-rights-groups-appeal-ongoing-lawsuit-against-arizona-consent-law/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/06/14/arizona-court-holding-hearing-on-pro-life-abortion-law/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/06/14/arizona-court-holding-hearing-on-pro-life-abortion-law/#comments Tue, 14 Jun 2011 11:25:57 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=106271 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. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/06/14/arizona-court-holding-hearing-on-pro-life-abortion-law/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/08/24/victory-federal-court-strikes-down-obama-embryonic-stem-cell-funding-guidelines/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/08/24/victory-federal-court-strikes-down-obama-embryonic-stem-cell-funding-guidelines/#comments Tue, 24 Aug 2010 15:15:50 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/08/24/victory-federal-court-strikes-down-obama-embryonic-stem-cell-funding-guidelines/ ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/08/24/victory-federal-court-strikes-down-obama-embryonic-stem-cell-funding-guidelines/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/08/19/bioethics-defense-fund-louisiana-court-victory-for-ultrasound-before-abortion-act/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/08/19/bioethics-defense-fund-louisiana-court-victory-for-ultrasound-before-abortion-act/#comments Thu, 19 Aug 2010 21:35:01 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/08/19/bioethics-defense-fund-louisiana-court-victory-for-ultrasound-before-abortion-act/ ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/08/19/bioethics-defense-fund-louisiana-court-victory-for-ultrasound-before-abortion-act/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/08/10/joint-press-release-from-the-bioethics-defense-fund-and-louisiana-right-to-life-on-court-challenge-to-louisiana-ultrasound-before-abortion-act/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/08/10/joint-press-release-from-the-bioethics-defense-fund-and-louisiana-right-to-life-on-court-challenge-to-louisiana-ultrasound-before-abortion-act/#comments Tue, 10 Aug 2010 14:42:48 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/08/10/joint-press-release-from-the-bioethics-defense-fund-and-louisiana-right-to-life-on-court-challenge-to-louisiana-ultrasound-before-abortion-act/ ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/08/10/joint-press-release-from-the-bioethics-defense-fund-and-louisiana-right-to-life-on-court-challenge-to-louisiana-ultrasound-before-abortion-act/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/05/21/louisiana-senate-advances-ultrasound-mandate-for-abortion/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/05/21/louisiana-senate-advances-ultrasound-mandate-for-abortion/#comments Fri, 21 May 2010 17:12:38 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/05/21/louisiana-senate-advances-ultrasound-mandate-for-abortion/ LifeSiteNews: "The Senate voted 33-4 for the bill (SB 528), which was sponsored by Sen. Sharon Broome (D-Baton Rouge), and developed with the aid of the Louisiana Right to Life Federation and the Bioethics Defense Fund. The law requires abortionists to perform an ultrasound on a woman at least two hours before she undergoes the induced abortion of her child, and before she is put under any kind of anesthesia." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/05/21/louisiana-senate-advances-ultrasound-mandate-for-abortion/feed/ 1 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/03/30/federally-funded-abortions-are-in-our-future-2/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/03/30/federally-funded-abortions-are-in-our-future-2/#comments Tue, 30 Mar 2010 16:40:08 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/2010/03/30/federally-funded-abortions-are-in-our-future-2/ Washington Post: "Now, the president's executive order purports to address this gap by extending the Hyde Amendment to these dollars as well. The problem is that, regardless of Obama's stated intentions, he can't actually do this without an act of Congress. As Dorinda Bordlee, an attorney with the Bioethics Defense Fund, wrote: "If a president could do that, there would be no need to have a majority of Congress pass the Hyde Amendment each and every year to prevent abortion funding using Medicaid dollars for low-income government health care . . . It is telling that the nation's largest abortion provider -- Planned Parenthood -- is claiming 'victory.'" ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/03/30/federally-funded-abortions-are-in-our-future-2/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/03/29/federally-funded-abortions-are-in-our-future/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/03/29/federally-funded-abortions-are-in-our-future/#comments Mon, 29 Mar 2010 15:13:05 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/?p=56860 writing in The Washington Post: "Prediction: Abortions will be performed at community health centers. You can bet your foreclosed mortgage on that. There was always a will by this administration, and now there's a way." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/03/29/federally-funded-abortions-are-in-our-future/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/03/08/appeal-filed-to-free-abortion-consent-act-from-ariz-court-order-abortionists-drop-federal-suit/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/03/08/appeal-filed-to-free-abortion-consent-act-from-ariz-court-order-abortionists-drop-federal-suit/#comments Mon, 08 Mar 2010 22:13:37 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/?p=54624 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/03/08/appeal-filed-to-free-abortion-consent-act-from-ariz-court-order-abortionists-drop-federal-suit/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/03/05/cle-presentation-tonight-at-ariz-state-u-should-morality-be-legislated-human-cloning-and-embryonic-stem-cell-research/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/03/05/cle-presentation-tonight-at-ariz-state-u-should-morality-be-legislated-human-cloning-and-embryonic-stem-cell-research/#comments Fri, 05 Mar 2010 15:23:29 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/?p=54323 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/03/05/cle-presentation-tonight-at-ariz-state-u-should-morality-be-legislated-human-cloning-and-embryonic-stem-cell-research/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/12/10/dorinda-c-bordlee-abortion-and-healthcare-legislation-update/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/12/10/dorinda-c-bordlee-abortion-and-healthcare-legislation-update/#comments Thu, 10 Dec 2009 15:03:23 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=44710 Bioethics Defense Fund has this report on the healthcare legislation at National Review. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/12/10/dorinda-c-bordlee-abortion-and-healthcare-legislation-update/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/11/03/bioethics-defense-fund-guide-pelosicare-bill-on-abortion-and-medicare-rationing-risks/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/11/03/bioethics-defense-fund-guide-pelosicare-bill-on-abortion-and-medicare-rationing-risks/#comments Tue, 03 Nov 2009 18:54:57 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=41212 Bioethics Defense Fund: "Over the last five days, Bioethics Defense Fund has been reading the massive 1,900 page Pelosi care bill, H.R. 3962. The following is a quick comparison of issues impacting the dignity of human life issues in Speaker Pelosi’s newly released bill, as compared to the original Obama-backed House bill that we’ve been tracking along with you all summer, H.R. 3200." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/11/03/bioethics-defense-fund-guide-pelosicare-bill-on-abortion-and-medicare-rationing-risks/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/10/01/some-objectivity-on-abortion-and-healthcare-reform/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/10/01/some-objectivity-on-abortion-and-healthcare-reform/#comments Thu, 01 Oct 2009 17:49:19 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=37663 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/10/01/some-objectivity-on-abortion-and-healthcare-reform/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/10/01/arizona-courts-dont-deal-full-blow-to-pro-life-laws-limiting-abortions/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/10/01/arizona-courts-dont-deal-full-blow-to-pro-life-laws-limiting-abortions/#comments Thu, 01 Oct 2009 17:04:37 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=37631 LifeNews: "Arizona courts could have dealt a more severe blow to a new omnibus abortion law that protects medical workers and women considering abortions. Alliance Defense Fund attorneys made gains in federal and state court Tuesday against groups seeking to block the enforcement of new legislation . . . 'We are pleased that the federal court acknowledges the importance of a woman being fully informed before making one of the most critical decisions of her life,' [said ADF Senior Legal Counsel Steven H. Aden]." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/10/01/arizona-courts-dont-deal-full-blow-to-pro-life-laws-limiting-abortions/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/09/30/adf-ground-won-lost-against-pro-abortion-groups-in-suits-challenging-ariz-law-protecting-women-children/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/09/30/adf-ground-won-lost-against-pro-abortion-groups-in-suits-challenging-ariz-law-protecting-women-children/#comments Wed, 30 Sep 2009 22:02:53 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=37603 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/09/30/adf-ground-won-lost-against-pro-abortion-groups-in-suits-challenging-ariz-law-protecting-women-children/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/09/22/adf-responds-to-attack-by-pro-abortion-groups-on-ariz-law-protecting-women/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/09/22/adf-responds-to-attack-by-pro-abortion-groups-on-ariz-law-protecting-women/#comments Tue, 22 Sep 2009 20:36:08 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=36744 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/09/22/adf-responds-to-attack-by-pro-abortion-groups-on-ariz-law-protecting-women/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/07/10/embryonic-stem-cells-versus-induced-pluripotent-stem-cells-10-myths-and-facts/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/07/10/embryonic-stem-cells-versus-induced-pluripotent-stem-cells-10-myths-and-facts/#comments Fri, 10 Jul 2009 16:22:50 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=29676 Bioethics Defense Fund: "With an outline of 10 Myths and Facts, Bioethics Defense Fund, neurobiologist and stem cell researcher Dr. Maureen L. Condic and Fr. Thomas Berg of the Westchester Institute for Ethics and the Human Person submitted official comments to the Obama NIH regarding the 'Draft NIH Guidelines for Human Stem Cell Research.'" ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/07/10/embryonic-stem-cells-versus-induced-pluripotent-stem-cells-10-myths-and-facts/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/04/08/hhs-conscience-rules-deadline-approaching/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/04/08/hhs-conscience-rules-deadline-approaching/#comments Wed, 08 Apr 2009 23:06:00 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=20656 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/04/08/hhs-conscience-rules-deadline-approaching/feed/ 2 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/03/18/bioethics-defense-fund-condemns-obsolete-science-bailout-plan/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/03/18/bioethics-defense-fund-condemns-obsolete-science-bailout-plan/#comments Wed, 18 Mar 2009 17:43:57 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=18647 Bioethics Defense Fund: "Bioethics Defense Fund has compiled the following educational resource highlighting the facts that President Obama should have relied on to bring the nation together behind the breakthrough alternative method of induced pluripotent stem cell research which provides cells virtually identical to embryonic stem cells, but without the need for embryos, cloning or egg harvesting. " ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/03/18/bioethics-defense-fund-condemns-obsolete-science-bailout-plan/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/03/03/bdf-legislation-addresses-%e2%80%9coctomom%e2%80%9d-abuses-georgia-senate-committee-to-address-exploitations-of-art-industry/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/03/03/bdf-legislation-addresses-%e2%80%9coctomom%e2%80%9d-abuses-georgia-senate-committee-to-address-exploitations-of-art-industry/#comments Tue, 03 Mar 2009 22:43:19 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=17084 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/03/03/bdf-legislation-addresses-%e2%80%9coctomom%e2%80%9d-abuses-georgia-senate-committee-to-address-exploitations-of-art-industry/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/10/30/the-deadly-side-of-spreading-the-wealth/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/10/30/the-deadly-side-of-spreading-the-wealth/#comments Thu, 30 Oct 2008 19:43:46 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=8995 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/10/30/the-deadly-side-of-spreading-the-wealth/feed/ 0