ADF attorneys ready to defend students participating in pro-life event
6th annual Pro-life Day of Silent Solidarity to take place Tuesday at schools across the U.S.Tuesday, October 20, 2009
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Attorneys with the Alliance Defense Fund are ready to offer free legal help to students who participate in the Pro-Life Day of Silent Solidarity should the students’ First Amendment rights be violated. The event, being held Tuesday at schools across the U.S., offers pro-life students an opportunity to express their viewpoint on the subject of abortion.
“Pro-life students shouldn’t be discriminated against for expressing their beliefs, so ADF will be ready to defend any students who have their First Amendment rights violated,” said ADF Senior Legal Counsel David Cortman. “The Pro-Life Day of Silent Solidarity is a non-disruptive, student-led event occurring outside of instructional time. These students have the constitutional right to express their viewpoint on abortion just as other students have the right to express their views.”
The 6th annual Pro-life Day of Silent Solidarity is sponsored by Stand True Ministries, a pro-life youth organization led by President Bryan Kemper.
- ADF legal memo outlining the rights of students participating in the Pro-life Day of Silent Solidarity
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ABOUT David Cortman
David Cortman serves as senior counsel with the Alliance Defense Fund at its Atlanta Regional Service Center in Georgia, where he directs efforts to restore the marketplace of ideas to university campuses nationwide, concentrating his litigation on religious freedom issues. He also heads litigation efforts to defend and reclaim the First Amendment rights of public school students across the country. Cortman joined ADF in 2005 and is admitted to the bar in Georgia, Florida, and the District of Columbia. He has practiced law since 1996 and graduated magna cum laude from the Regent University School of Law. Cortman’s notable media appearances include Fox News, CNN Headline News, Court TV, MSNBC News with Brian Williams, The Glenn Beck Program and National Public Radio. He has also been featured in The Washington Times, The Washington Examiner, The Christian Post, and Townhall Magazine, as well as on The Christian Broadcasting Network, The New American, Human Events, and World Net Daily.