Steven H. Aden
Chief Legal Officer & General Counsel
Steven H. Aden serves as Chief Legal Officer & General Counsel at Americans United for Life.
Aden is a highly experienced litigator, having appeared in court against Planned Parenthood and the abortion industry dozens of times and appointed by the attorneys general of six states to defend pro-life laws. Aden secured court victories that upheld an Arizona law that resulted in six abortion businesses ceasing to offer abortion, applied Missouri’s abortion laws to chemical abortion and upheld the right of Louisiana regulators to shut down dangerous abortion facilities.
A prolific author and analyst on sanctity of life issues and constitutional jurisprudence, Aden is admitted to the bars of the District of Columbia, Virginia, and Hawaii (inactive), and is a member of the bars of the U.S. Supreme Court and numerous federal circuit and district courts.
He has practiced law since 1990 and earned his J.D. (cum laude) from Georgetown University Law Center and his B.A. from the University of Hawaii.
Steven's Archives
HHS Should Keep Robust Religious and Moral Exemptions to the Contraceptive Insurance Mandate
April 3, 2023 Steven H. Aden, J.D.
HHS Weakens Abortion and Assisted Suicide Conscience Safeguards
March 10, 2023 Steven H. Aden, J.D.
Protecting the Vulnerable
March 10, 2023 Steven H. Aden, J.D. and Danielle G. Pimentel, J.D.
The Post-Roe Road Ahead and Our Final Destination
November 9, 2022 Steven H. Aden, J.D.
Federal Policy is Pro-Life: The Biden Administration’s Empty Abortion Rhetoric
November 9, 2022 Steven H. Aden, J.D. and Jesse Southerland
Introducing the Abortion Abolition Amendment
November 9, 2022 Steven H. Aden, J.D.
Abortion is Not Protected Under “Sex Discrimination” in the Affordable Care Act
October 6, 2022 Steven H. Aden, J.D.
Subpoena Against Eagle Forum of Alabama Chills First Amendment Rights
September 22, 2022 Steven H. Aden, J.D.
Testimony Before the South Carolina Senate Medical Affairs Committee
August 17, 2022 Steven H. Aden, J.D.
South Dakota Must Reject Proposed Constitutional Amendment
August 15, 2022 Steven H. Aden, J.D.
The Twilight of Roe and the Dawning of an American Future Full of Hope
June 7, 2022 Steven H. Aden, J.D.
Ketanji Brown Jackson as the Anti-Barrett
March 28, 2022 Steven H. Aden, J.D.
By Pushing Stephen Breyer to Retire, Abortion Activists are Betting to Lose in the Supreme Court
March 21, 2022 Steven H. Aden, J.D.
Suicide Assistance Is Never Medical Care, In Massachusetts or Any State
February 22, 2022 Steven H. Aden, J.D.
A Day For The Ages In The Supreme Court: Dobbs Oral Arguments
December 7, 2021 Steven H. Aden, J.D.
AUL’s 2021 Q3 Life Litigation Report
October 18, 2021 Steven H. Aden, J.D.