OLATHE, Kan. – Alliance Defending Freedom attorneys serving as co-counsel with Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach will be available for media interviews Friday through Tuesday, and again from Oct. 14 – 17, following a bench trial at Johnson County District Court in Hodes & Nauser v. Kobach. The case seeks to defend the state’s pro-life, pro-woman laws against a challenge by Planned Parenthood and other abortion businesses. Planned Parenthood obtained a temporary block of the law from a lower court as the lawsuit proceeds.

ADF Senior Counsel Rory Gray:  “Minnesota officials shouldn’t be putting males ahead of females, telling girls their hard work may never be enough to win, and that they don’t deserve fairness and safety. By sacrificing protection for female athletes, Minnesota fails to offer girls equal treatment and opportunity, violating Title IX’s provisions….”

WASHINGTON – Alliance Defending Freedom presented its 2025 Alan E. Sears Leadership Award to Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall Friday.