Pro-Life Students Defended

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Attorneys with the Alliance Defense Fund are offering free legal assistance to students who participate in the Pro-Life Day of Silent Solidarity if the students’ First Amendment rights on public school campuses are violated. The event, being held Tuesday at schools across the U.S., offers pro-life students an opportunity to express their viewpoint on the topic of abortion.

“Pro-life students shouldn’t be discriminated against for expressing their beliefs.  ADF and its team of more than 1,800 allied attorneys is ready to defend any students participating in this event who have their free speech rights violated on campus,” said ADF Senior Counsel David Cortman. “These students have the constitutional right to express their viewpoint on abortion just as other students have the right to express their views.”

The Pro-Life Day of Silent Solidarity is a non-disruptive, student-led event occurring outside of instructional time.

ADF published a legal memo informing students of their First Amendment right to peacefully express themselves on public school campuses to promote awareness about the dangers, as well as the physical and emotional toll, of abortion. ADF has successfully defended students barred by public school officials from participating in the event in past years.

The 7th annual Pro-Life Day of Silent Solidarity is sponsored by Stand True Ministries, a pro-life youth organization led by President Bryan Kemper.

ADF is a legal alliance of Christian attorneys and like-minded organizations defending the right of people to freely live out their faith. Launched in 1994, ADF employs a unique combination of strategy, training, funding, and litigation to protect and preserve religious liberty, the sanctity of life, marriage, and the family.