Arizona-based abortion foes sue CU
Rocky Mountain News
Published April 26, 2005 at midnight
A student group sued University of Colorado officials in federal court Monday over the university's arrangements for the group's graphic anti-abortion display on campus.
The lawsuit was filed in Colorado U.S. District Court by lawyers with the Alliance Defense Fund, an organization based in Scottsdale, Ariz., that advocates for religious freedom, the sanctity of life and family values, according to its Web site.
James Dobson, leader of Colorado Springs-based Focus on the Family, was among the founders of the Alliance Defense Fund.
The student group, Justice for All, contends in the lawsuit that CU violated its civil rights by restricting the display to an area of the campus with less pedestrian traffic than the location the group had requested and where it had placed the same display in 2003.
The new location was too small for the entire display, the lawsuit said.
Justice for All also said CU rejected its initial request to display the material April 18 through April 21.
University spokespersons could not be reached for comment after business hours on Monday.
The Alliance Defense Fund has filed similar legal claims involving the same anti-abortion display, which includes photographs of aborted fetuses, against the University of Houston and the University of Texas at Austin.
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