Cardozo Journal of Equal Rights & Social Justice
Abstract
The note argues that state Religious Freedom Restoration Acts (RFRAs), such as those in Missouri and Alabama, can be strategically used by pro-choice advocates to challenge restrictive informed consent laws for abortion, as these laws may violate the Establishment Clause and unduly burden women's religious freedom. By leveraging state RFRAs, advocates can resist reproductive care restrictions imposed by such laws, offering a novel legal strategy to protect abortion access.
Disciplines
First Amendment | Law | Law and Gender
Recommended Citation
Sophia M. Schechner,
Religion's Power Over Reproductive Care: State Religious Freedom Restoration Laws and Abortion,
22
Cardozo J. Equal Rts. & Soc. Just.
395
(2016).
Available at:
https://larc.cardozo.yu.edu/cardozoersj/vol22/iss2/9