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.

“It is unfathomable that in 2019, businesses are still seeking the legal right to discriminate against people who don’t live by the owner’s religious beliefs,” said AU President & CEO Rachel Laser. “Our society and our courts rejected this thinking decades ago when we declared that businesses open to the public must be open to all and that religious beliefs could not be used as a basis for discrimination."

The U.S. Supreme Court declined to review a New Jersey Supreme Court decision holding that taxpayer dollars cannot be used to fund the restoration or repair of houses of worship. The court’s denial is a win for church-state separation, but an accompanying statement by Justice Brett Kavanaugh is cause for concern.