Sanctity of Life
One of the fundamental questions of bioethics is who is human? Being counted as human should bring legal, social and moral protections. But the most vulnerable among us are too often seen as not-yet or...
View ArticleMcCullen v. Coakley
The National Association of Evangelicals joined a Christian Legal Society (CLS) amici brief filed in the U.S. Supreme Court arguing that a Massachusetts law that prohibits persons (with some...
View ArticleUpdate: McCullen v. Coakley
The U.S. Supreme Court heard the oral argument in McCullen v. Coakley on Jan. 15. Mark Rienzi, Senior Council at the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, argued for free speech with the Massachusetts...
View ArticleSusan B. Anthony List v. Driehaus
A brief amici was prepared by the Christian Legal Society (CLS) and filed March 3, 2014, on behalf of the CLS, NAE, National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference, Institutional Religious Freedom...
View ArticleUpdate: Susan B. Anthony List v. Driehaus
The Supreme Court unanimously decided to uphold the free speech rights of Susan B. Anthony List in the Susan B. Anthony List v. Driehaus case. The post Update: Susan B. Anthony List v. Driehaus...
View ArticleUpdate: McCullen v. Coakley
The U.S. Supreme Court unanimously struck down the Massachusetts law that banned protesters within 35 feet of abortion clinics, agreeing with the NAE’s amici brief that the law infringed on the First...
View ArticleYoung v. United Parcel Service
In 2006, Peggy Young asked her employer, the United Parcel Service (UPS), for a light duty assignment after her doctor recommended that she not lift more than 20 pounds while pregnant. UPS denied her...
View ArticleYoung v. United Postal Service
One of us is pro-choice and the other is pro-life, but we both believe that the Pregnancy Discrimination Act of 1978 (PDA) properly requires that pregnant employees like Peggy Young, a former UPS...
View ArticleLetter to Congress on New D.C. Laws
The National Association of Evangelicals joined with 15 other organizations that have offices in Washington, D.C., to ask Congress to protect religious freedom and freedom of conscience in D.C. by...
View ArticleNAE Calls for Revisions to Proposed Health Program Regulations
The National Association of Evangelicals (NAE) joined the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops and eight other faith-based groups last week in joint comments to the Office of Civil Rights (OCR)...
View ArticleLetter to Congress on Conscience Protection Act
The National Association of Evangelicals joined with 25 other pro-life, religious and health care organizations in urging the U.S. House of Representatives to pass the Conscience Protection Act of 2016...
View ArticleUpdate: Little Sisters of the Poor v. Burwell
In a unanimous decision, the Supreme Court announced on May 16 that it would not rule in Zubik v. Burwell, a combined religious freedom case that includes Little Sisters of the Poor v. Burwell. This...
View ArticleUpdate: Stormans v. Selecky
The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals reversed the district court ruling, which had the effect of reinstating the requirement that pharmacists in Washington State dispense life-ending drugs that may cause...
View ArticleStormans v. Wiesman
The NAE joined an amici brief asking the U.S. Supreme Court to hear the Storman family’s appeal of the 9th Circuit ruling that the state of Washington can require pharmacists to stock and dispense...
View ArticleUpdate: Stormans v. Wiesman
The Supreme Court declined to hear Stormans v. Wiesman, a case on whether Washington state can require pharmacists to dispense drugs that they believe may cause abortions. This leaves the 9th Circuit...
View ArticleWin for Pro-Life Crisis Pregnancy Centers
Pro-life crisis pregnancy centers won an important victory for free speech when the U.S. Supreme Court, in a 5 to 4 ruling, decided in their favor in National Institute of Family and Life Advocates v....
View ArticlePro-Life Brief Heads to Supreme Court
In April, the 7th Circuit ruled to overturn Indiana’s law banning abortions obtained on the basis of sex, race or disability. The law prohibits abortions where the mother articulates the prohibited...
View ArticleUnborn Face New Perils in New York
Emma Lazarus’ inscription on the Statue of Liberty in the New York Harbor states, “A mighty woman with a torch, whose flame is the imprisoned lightning, and her name Mother of Exiles. From her...
View ArticleToday’s Abortion Conversation
There’s a change in the air when it comes to abortion — a reality pro-life advocates haven’t seen for quite some time. Hope is building that the U.S. Supreme Court may overturn the 1973 Roe v. Wade...
View ArticleCultivating a Pro-Life Congregation Without Being Polarizing
“Choose life so that you and your children may live.” This was one of God’s laws in establishing a new society for his people in the Promised Land. It remains vital for Christians today as we seek to...
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