Press Releases

Sunnyvale, CA–The Pacific Justice Institute helped convince a Bay Area school district to abstain from adopting a proposed sex education curriculum this week. Parents who packed the Cupertino Union School District’s (CUSD) board meeting were in an uproar over a curriculum … Read More

​Sacramento, CA–The latest battleground over gender theory is coming to nursing homes—and failure to conform to State orthodoxy could be a crime.  The mandates on long-term care facilities, their employees and even non-employees are set forth in Senate Bill (SB) 219, … Read More

Washington, DC–A major pro-life case is being filed with the U.S. Supreme Court today that could become one of the biggest abortion-related cases in years.  At issue is a California law that requires pro-life pregnancy clinics to post signs telling visitors … Read More

Fairfield, CA–Pacific Justice Institute filed suit this week against a Northern California affiliate of Planned Parenthood that blocked a pro-life ministry from renting office space.  In late 2014, Alpha Pregnancy Clinics of Northern California signed a lease to rent space in … Read More

San Francisco, CA–A Christian missionary who was jailed and tortured by authorities in two Middle Eastern countries has been granted religious asylum by the U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Service.   Nabil Abbar (whose name has been change to protect him and his … Read More

Washington, DC–Last Friday, President Trump’s Department of Justice announced that it would respect the nationwide injunction against the Obama Administration’s attempt to force all public schools to throw open bathroom and locker room doors to biologically opposite-sex students. “We salute President Trump’s actions to … Read More

Washington, DC–The U.S. Supreme Court may be closer to accepting review of a case with far-reaching implications for churches, religious counselors, and religious freedom.  This week, the Court directed the State of California to respond to a Petition for Certiorari filed … Read More

Below is the petition of a writ of certiorari to the United States Court. Read More

Washington, D.C.–Pacific Justice Institute filed a petition earlier this week with the United States Supreme Court to continue the fight to protect free speech for licensed counselors.  The Writ of Certiorari filed with the Supreme Court is the next step to furthering the … Read More

Bakersfield, CA–A group of senior citizens are relieved but remain wary after their homeowners association (HOA) reversed course and lifted a ban on their meetings.  The groups, consisting of a Sunday worship service and three weekly Bible studies, had been meeting … Read More