ACLJ's Position

The ACLJ is committed to the sanctity of human life and opposes abortion in all circumstances. ACLJ attorneys have worked tirelessly to defend the free speech rights of those who engage in counseling and protesting outside abortion clinics. In Bray v. Alexandria Clinic, 506 U.S. 263 (1993) and Schenck v. Pro-Choice Network of Western New York, 519 U.S. 357 (1997), Jay Sekulow successfully argued two critical cases before the United States Supreme Court defending the First Amendment rights of anti-abortion protesters.

In addition to defending the rights of abortion protesters, the ACLJ has vigorously defended the First Amendment rights of employees who oppose their employers' pro-abortion policies. ACLJ attorneys are currently involved in litigation against employers who sought to terminate the employment of health professionals who refused to dispense "morning-after" pills.

The ACLJ has also fought for a ban on partial birth abortion, filing a friend-of-the-court brief with the United States Supreme Court in Carhart v. Stenberg, the case involving Nebraska's partial birth abortion ban. We continue to be involved in supporting both national and state legislation to eliminate this horrific practice.

The ACLJ's prolife activities extend to supporting efforts to ban human cloning, euthanasia, and physician-assisted suicide. Our lawyers filed a friend-of-the-court brief in with the United States Supreme Court in Washington v. Glucksberg, the case in which the Court held that there is no right to physician-assisted suicide. Just recently, we have assisted the United States Department of Justice by filing a friend-of-the-court brief in its case against Oregon's Right to Die Law.

The ACLJ is actively involved in supporting a ban on human cloning, and the ACLJ's Office of Governmental Affairs is doing all that it can to ensure that the federal government passes legislation banning human cloning.

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