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Senators call for defunding Obamacare

Thursday, Aug 1, 2013
The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Legal Counsel Matt Bowman regarding the renewed call of numerous U.S. senators and congressmen to defund Obamacare:

“Every American should be free to earn a living and provide health care for their family without losing their religious freedom. Obamacare’s unconstitutional abortion pill mandate sits among thousands of pages of coercive regulations. American tax dollars should not be spent to attack religious freedom, and in addition, Congress and the courts—if they are interested in protecting fundamental freedom—should declare Obamacare’s coercive rules invalid. This administration should not be allowed to use tax money or bureaucratic red tape to impose ‘faith fines’ on job creators throughout the nation.”
 
  • Resource page: Alliance Defending Freedom lawsuits against the abortion pill mandate
 
Alliance Defending Freedom is an alliance-building, non-profit legal organization that advocates for the right of people to freely live out their faith.
 
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ABOUT Matt Bowman

Matt Bowman serves as senior counsel and director of regulatory practice for Alliance Defending Freedom, where he leads the team focusing on the impact of administrative law on religious freedom, the sanctity of life, and family. From 2017 to 2020, Bowman was a senior executive service appointee in the Trump administration, serving the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services as Deputy General Counsel, and then in the Office for Civil Rights. Prior to joining HHS, Bowman was an accomplished litigator at ADF for over ten years. Before joining ADF in 2006, Bowman served as a law clerk for Judges Samuel A. Alito, Jr., and Michael A. Chagares, at the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, and for Judge John M. Roll at the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona. Bowman earned his J.D. summa cum laude and was first in his class at Ave Maria School of Law in 2003. He is a member of the bar of the District of Columbia and Michigan and is admitted to practice at the U.S. Supreme Court and multiple federal appellate and district courts.