Programs

  • Program 1 [2020]

    EDUCATIONAL SEMINARS: BDF HAS CREATED AND DELIVERED DYNAMIC LECTURES, DEBATES, AND CUSTOM PRESENTATIONS AT LAW SCHOOLS, MEDICAL SCHOOLS, LAW AND MEDICAL CONFERENCES, UNDERGRADUATE COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES, HIGH SCHOOLS, SEMINARIES, AND RELIGIOUS AND CIVIC FORUMS ON PRO-LIFE BIOETHICS TOPICS. DESPITE THE CANCELLATION OF A NUMBER OF TALKS AND SEMINARS DUE TO THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC, BDF WAS ABLE TO PROVIDE APPROXIMATELY 10 ONLINE AND IN PERSON PRESENTATIONS DURING 2020.
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    Dates
    Jan 1, 2020 – Dec 31, 2020
    Source
    990
    No causes provided
    No populations provided
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    $84K

  • Program 2 [2020]

    PRO BONO LEGAL CONSULTING: BDF'S LAWYERS HAVE PROVIDED PRO BONO LEGAL CONSULTATION IN VARIOUS ONGOING FEDERAL COURT CASES AND HAVE FILED FRIEND OF THE COURT BRIEFS IN VARIOUS U.S. SUPREME COURT CASES. DURING 2019 AND 2020, BDF COORDINATED THE NATIONWIDE AMICUS BRIEF EFFORT IN THE U.S. SUPREME COURT REVIEW OF JUNE MEDICAL SERVICES V. RUSSO. BDF PARTICIPATED IN A MOOT COURT TO PREPARE THE SOLICITOR GENERAL OF LOUISIANA TO ARGUE THE JUNE MEDICAL CASE IN THE U.S. SUPREME COURT. BDF ENGAGED IN PUBLIC EDUCATION THROUGH VARIOUS MEDIA SOURCES ABOUT THIS CASE BEFORE AND AFTER THE JUDGMENT OF THE COURT. BDF CONSULTED ON VARIOUS TOPICS ARISING OUT OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC, INCLUDING THE ETHICS OF VENTILATOR ALLOCATION.
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    Dates
    Jan 1, 2020 – Dec 31, 2020
    Source
    990
    No causes provided
    No populations provided
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    $140K

  • Program 3 [2020]

    DRAFTING MODEL LEGISLATION: DURING 2020, BDF PROVIDED DRAFTING AND LEGAL CONSULTATION ON LOUISIANA'S CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT 1 RELATING TO ABORTION. OVER THE YEARS, BDF HAS CONSULTED ON, DRAFTED MODEL LEGISLATION, AND TESTIFIED AS A LEGAL EXPERT IN LEGISLATIVE BODIES ON, A BROAD RANGE OF BIOETHICAL ISSUES INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION: ABORTION RELATED ISSUES, INCLUDING THE HARMFUL EFFECT ON WOMEN AND THEIR UNBORN CHILDREN, HUMAN CLONING, DESTRUCTIVE EMBRYO RESEARCH, ALTERNATIVE REPRODUCTIVE TECHNOLOGIES, THE RISKS AND REWARDS OF BIOTECHNOLOGY, EUGENICS, SEX TRAFFICKING AND COERCED ABORTION, PRENATAL DISABILITY DISCRIMINATION, HEALTHCARE RIGHTS OF CONSCIENCE, PHYSICIAN-ASSISTED SUICIDE AND EUTHANASIA, AND ADVANCED CARE DIRECTIVES.
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    Not indicated
    Dates
    Jan 1, 2020 – Dec 31, 2020
    Source
    990
    No causes provided
    No populations provided
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    $42K