Abortion bans violate church-state separation
That’s why Americans United for Separation of Church and State and the National Women’s Law Center—leading experts in religious freedom and gender justice—are filing suit to challenge Missouri’s abortion bans.
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Abortion bans impose one narrow religious doctrine on everyone.
Missouri’s abortion bans impose one narrow religious doctrine on every Missourian and in doing so deny equality and bodily autonomy. Missouri officials repeatedly told us that they were codifying their religious beliefs. So, we’re suing.



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