>Since 2020, the Supreme Court (SCOTUS) has made headlines for a series of sweeping decisions that have rolled back rights for women and LGBTQ people. They’ve ruled to allow abortion bans in 13 states and bans on trans athletes in 27 states. And this year, Colorado overturned its ban on conversion therapy for minors.

>What headlines tend to miss, though, is that all of these decisions were won by the same legal group: Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF). Labeled as an anti-LGBTQ [hate group](https://www.splcenter.org/resources/extremist-files/alliance-defending-freedom/) and active in over 80 countries, ADF is a conservative Christian legal powerhouse, having fought relentlessly against abortion, gay marriage and trans healthcare since its inception in 1994.

>Boasting alumni and affiliates such as [Mike Johnson](https://www.texarkanagazette.com/news/2023/oct/27/christian-right-cheers-new-house-speaker/), [Amy Coney Barrett](https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/coney-barrett-christian-law-fellowship-blackstone/2020/09/27/7ae41892-fdc5-11ea-b555-4d71a9254f4b_story.html), [Josh Hawley](https://www.presidentialprayerteam.org/2020/05/28/josh-hawley-u-s-senator-from-missouri/) and [Ken Starr](https://adflegal.org/press-release/adf-celebrates-extraordinary-life-judge-ken-starr-religious-liberty-champion/), the group has been involved in at least 80 SCOTUS victories and directly represented parties in 20 of them, including the Dobbs decision that overturned Roe v. Wade. 

Alliance Defending Freedom's Complete Track Record on LGBTQ Issues