“UCSF Health is a public institution that cannot enter into an agreement that requires its employees or students to abide by any particular religious beliefs. That is a fundamental violation of religious freedom,” said Richard B. Katskee, AU’s legal director.

In the wake of measles outbreaks in several states, legislators are considering bills that would limit or end religion-based exemptions from mandatory vaccines.

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.