Reproductive Freedom is Religious Freedom
Dec. 1, 2021
AU President and CEO Rachel Laser spoke about the connection between religious and reproductive freedom during a rally in front of the U.S. Supreme Court during oral arguments in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health, the case of Mississippi’s 15-week abortion ban.
Abortion bans violate the separation of church and state. Americans United and the National Women’s Law Center—the leading experts in religious freedom and gender justice—have joined forces with thirteen clergy from six faith traditions to challenge Missouri’s abortion bans as unconstitutionally imposing one narrow religious doctrine on everyone.
