In a ruling this week, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals continued blocking Trump administration rules that would allow employers and universities to deny their employees and students health-insurance coverage for contraceptive care. It’s a win for reproductive rights, religious freedom and common sense.

For AU Legal Fellow Alison Tanner, protecting reproductive freedom and religious freedom isn’t just a legal and professional pursuit. It’s a personal mission.

Many AU members have told AU President & CEO Rachel Laser that repro­ductive freedom is at the heart of their support for Amer­icans Uni­ted. They fight for church-state separation in large part to preserve a woman’s ability to make her own decisions about her body. At the heart of reproduc­tive freedom is religious freedom.