Written by William C. Duncan
April 8, 2025
Abortion has been at the center of a religious, moral, political, and judicial firestorm for decades. It has deeply divided our Nation. Centuries-old faith traditions and tens of millions of their adherents consider terminating the life of an unborn child to be a grave evil. Until recently, supporters and opponents of abortion rights acknowledged that coercing religious organizations to support abortion triggers profound questions of religious freedom. Dragooning religious organizations into becoming complicit in abortion is no mere health-and-safety regulation: it is an intolerable invasion of religious autonomy.
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