NEW ORLEANS – Alliance Defending Freedom attorneys representing a Mississippi children’s clinic will be available for media interviews Wednesday following oral argument before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit in McComb Children’s Clinic v. Kennedy.

WASHINGTON – On behalf of a mother and her teenage daughter—who unknowingly was forced to face a male opponent in girls’ high-school wrestling—Alliance Defending Freedom attorneys filed an emergency application with the U.S. Supreme Court Friday, asking it to require Washington state officials to protect girls’ sports and uphold Title IX’s promise of safety and equal opportunities for women.

ADF Senior Counsel Greg Baylor:  “Young people who go into ministry are not in it for the money. Their calling is to serve God and to serve their neighbors—and the government shouldn’t punish students who pursue a religious vocation just because, in its judgment, they won’t earn ‘enough’ income....”