SEATTLE – Eighteen states, along with several pro-life and religious liberty advocacy organizations, have united in support of a Seattle-area church in friend-of-the-court-briefs filed with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit. Alliance Defending Freedom attorneys appealed to the court on behalf of Cedar Park Church after a lower court ruled that the church must violate its constitutionally protected, pro-life religious beliefs and abide by the state’s mandate that most Washington employers provide abortion coverage for employees. 

TACOMA, Wash. – Alliance Defending Freedom attorneys representing two faith-based, pro-life nonprofits sued the attorney general of Washington state Wednesday for conducting an unconstitutional and unlawful investigation into the organizations’ privileged records and materials, singling out the nonprofits because of their life-affirming views. 

ADF Senior Counsel and Director of Regulatory Practice Matt Bowman:  “Ejecting faith-based groups from programs such as foster care and adoption will lead to fewer children served. Yet that is exactly what the Biden administration is threatening to do with its new proposed guidance for beneficiaries of federal programs. The proposed guidance violates the U.S. Constitution and contradicts the rulings of several federal courts and the U.S. Supreme Court that held that government funding conditions cannot compel religious groups to act in violation of their sincerely held beliefs....”