Religious Freedom Arguments Underpin Wave of Challenges to Abortion Bans

For years, conservative Christians have used the principle of religious freedom to prevail in legal battles on issues like contraceptive insurance mandates and pandemic restrictions. Now, abortion rights supporters are employing that argument to challenge one of the right’s most prized accomplishments: state bans on abortion. Recognizing a potential threat, Oklahoma and West Virginia recently amended their religious freedom restoration acts to explicitly prevent challenges to abortion bans under the acts. Arguments for exemptions might also be persuasive because most abortion bans have some exceptions, like rape, experts said. The post Religious Freedom Arguments Underpin Wave of Challenges to Abortion Bans appeared first on New York Times.