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/2011/10/18/aclu-in-court-to-challenge-religious-restrictions-on-government-funded-trafficking-victims%e2%80%99-program/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/10/18/aclu-in-court-to-challenge-religious-restrictions-on-government-funded-trafficking-victims%e2%80%99-program/#comments Tue, 18 Oct 2011 12:13:44 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=116147 American Civil Liberties Union: The American Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU of Massachusetts argued in federal court today that the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) must be prohibited from imposing religiously based restrictions on reproductive health services for victims of sex trafficking. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/10/18/aclu-in-court-to-challenge-religious-restrictions-on-government-funded-trafficking-victims%e2%80%99-program/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/03/29/boston-case-shows-futility-of-executive-order/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/03/29/boston-case-shows-futility-of-executive-order/#comments Mon, 29 Mar 2010 16:44:22 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/2010/03/29/boston-case-shows-futility-of-executive-order/ Massachusetts Citizens for Life: "'If the statute had directed or even authorized HHS to exclude abortion from the spending, there would be nothing to challenge. But a mere executive branch decision not to fund abortion under such a statute is simply a legal challenge waiting to happen' . . . We appreciate Matt Bowman's analysis. Matt is with the Alliance Defense Fund." | Matt Bowman's full article appears at the ADF Alliance Alert and LifeNews. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/03/29/boston-case-shows-futility-of-executive-order/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/03/26/matt-bowman-new-federal-court-ruling-demonstrates-folly-of-presidents-order-restricting-funds-for-abortion/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/03/26/matt-bowman-new-federal-court-ruling-demonstrates-folly-of-presidents-order-restricting-funds-for-abortion/#comments Fri, 26 Mar 2010 14:28:17 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/2010/03/26/matt-bowman-new-federal-court-ruling-demonstrates-folly-of-presidents-order-restricting-funds-for-abortion/ ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/03/26/matt-bowman-new-federal-court-ruling-demonstrates-folly-of-presidents-order-restricting-funds-for-abortion/feed/ 1 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/03/24/aclu-attacks-award-of-public-funds-to-usccb-to-help-trafficking-victims/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/03/24/aclu-attacks-award-of-public-funds-to-usccb-to-help-trafficking-victims/#comments Wed, 24 Mar 2010 19:19:16 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/2010/03/24/aclu-attacks-award-of-public-funds-to-usccb-to-help-trafficking-victims/ ACLU: "On Monday, a federal district court in Massachusetts ruled that an ACLU challenge to the government's use of taxpayer dollars to impose religious doctrine on victims of human trafficking may go forward. The decision is a victory for women's health and for the basic constitutional principle that federal dollars cannot be used to favor one religious perspective over all others . . . USCCB prohibits, based on its religious beliefs, grantees from using any of the federal funds to provide or refer for contraceptive or abortion services, We brought a lawsuit . . . " ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/03/24/aclu-attacks-award-of-public-funds-to-usccb-to-help-trafficking-victims/feed/ 0