Elizabeth Reiner Platt says Jews are part of a long history of faith groups saying that abortion rights are religious rights. (JTA) — The abortion debate is often portrayed as a clash between ...

For years, conservative Christians have used the principle of religious freedom to prevail in legal battles on issues like contraceptive insurance mandates and pandemic restrictions. Now abortion ...

Livestream will be available on the day of the event. This panel will explore the history and recent revival of religious liberty arguments supporting abortion rights. The panel will consider this ...

Earlier this month, an Indiana appeals court delivered a great victory to two causes that often find themselves in opposition: reproductive freedom and religious freedom. A group of women successfully ...

INDIANAPOLIS — The Indiana Court of Appeals heard oral arguments in the ongoing abortion ban debate Wednesday. The defense appealed a preliminary injunction issued by the Marion County Trial Court ...

Mississippi consistently ranks last or near-last in the United States on measures of health. But for decades, it ranked highest in vaccination rates, because of its strong vaccination law. Now, that ...

The Supreme Court will hear arguments Tuesday in a case that could expand religious protections for workers under a law changed in 1972, an interpretation backed by some congressional Republicans. The ...

The heyday of the new atheism in Western life, when anti-God tracts by Richard Dawkins and Christopher Hitchens bestrode best-seller lists, did not arrive because brilliant new arguments for God’s ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... By Pam Belluck, The New York Times Company For years, conservative Christians have used the principle of religious freedom to prevail in legal battles on ...