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AU President & CEO Rachel Laser discusses why church-state separation is crucial to our democracy and the current threats religious freedom faces in our country.
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AU President and CEO Rachel Laser moderated a panel discussion on the potential impact to church-state separation and public education if the Supreme Court forces Maine taxpayers to fund private religious education. Speakers included Randi Weingarten, president of the National Federation of Teachers; Holly Hollman, BJC general counsel and associate executive director; and Richard B. Katskee, vice president and legal director at Americans United. With introductions from Brian Silva, AU's vice president of outreach & engagement.
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AU National Organizer and Student Network Manager Alicia Johnson moderated a panel discussion about the future of abortion access, reproductive freedom and church-state separation following oral arguments in the Supreme Court case Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, involving Mississippi's 15-week abortion ban. Speakers included Alice Wang, a staff attorney at the Center for Reproductive Rights, and Michelle Colon of the abortion advocacy organization SHERo Mississippi. With introductions from Brian Silva, AU's vice president of outreach & engagement.
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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.
