WASHINGTON – Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Vice President of Strategic Initiatives Ryan Bangert will testify before a U.S. House Judiciary Committee hearing Tuesday on “The Southern Poverty Law Center: Manufacturing Hate, Part II.”

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. – Alliance Defending Freedom attorneys will be available for media interviews following a federal district court hearing Monday in a lawsuit filed on behalf of two Michigan pro-life organizations challenging a state law that forces them to recruit and hire people who oppose their fundamental mission and to carry insurance benefits that include coverage for abortion.

ADF Legal Counsel Sara Beth Nolan:  “Public colleges and universities are meant to be free and open to the exchange of ideas. But when a university discriminates against students by charging fees based on the content of their speech—which includes how others might respond to it—that speech is not free. In fact, it is very expensive….”