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Showing Original Post only (View all)Indiana appeals court uses Mike Pence's religious liberty law to block abortion ban [View all]
Source: Law & Crime
Apr 5th, 2024, 10:15 am
The Indiana Court of Appeals issued a bold and unanimous ruling Thursday blocking the state’s near-total abortion ban as a violation of a religious freedom law long championed by conservatives.
The appellate court was unambiguous that the roots of its decision can be found in a framework set up by the U.S. Supreme Court when it overruled Roe v. Wade:
The United States Supreme Court set the stage for this appeal two years ago when it ruled that the federal constitution “does not confer a right to abortion.” In so ruling, the Dobbs Court placed the ability to regulate abortions not protected by federal law squarely in the states’ laps.
Hoosiers after Dobbs
In August 2022, following the Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, the Indiana state legislature became the first in the nation to pass a ban on nearly all abortions. Immediately thereafter, the ACLU of Indiana sued to challenge the ban on behalf of five anonymous Jewish, Muslim, and spiritual plaintiffs and the group Hoosier Jews for Choice. The plaintiffs argued that their religious beliefs not only support — but in some situations, even mandate — abortions that would be illegal under Indiana’s ban. The conflict between the Indiana abortion ban and the plaintiffs’ individual religious beliefs meant the ban violated the state’s Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA), they said in their complaint.
Read more: https://lawandcrime.com/abortion/severely-decreased-their-sexual-intimacy-with-their-husbands-indiana-appeals-court-uses-mike-pences-religious-liberty-law-to-block-abortion-ban/
Full headline: ‘Severely decreased their sexual intimacy with their husbands’: Indiana appeals court uses Mike Pence’s religious liberty law to block abortion ban
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BumRushDaShow
Apr 2024
OP
Isn't religious liberty about believing what you want while not interfering with others?
bucolic_frolic
Apr 2024
#4
These religions already exist, the Old Religion among them. 🌙 In addition Judaism, as my late MIL asserted strongly...
Hekate
Apr 2024
#29
It's difficult to reason with people who are convinced that the US was founded as a Christian nation...
Hekate
Apr 2024
#32
Wish I could say Thomas and Alito were spinning in their graves over this decision
rpannier
Apr 2024
#18
To me, these abortion bans are a violation of women's civil, and religious rights.
patphil
Apr 2024
#22