Americans United, the National Women’s Law Center and the Center for Reproductive Rights filed a lawsuit in federal court asserting that officials at the University of Notre Dame entered into an unlawful agreement with the Trump administration to deny students, employees and others coverage of birth control guaranteed to them by the Affordable Care Act.

The U.S. Supreme Court today sent back for more review Arlene’s Flowers v. Washington, one of several cases circling the court system involving a business that wants to use religious beliefs to justify discrimination against LGBTQ people.

AU strives for an America that respects the rights of all people to worship, or not, as you see fit but with the understanding that our laws must not be based on dogma. Nor must religion be used as a weapon to harm others or take away their rights.