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Two sociologists break down how cases related to plaintiffs’ beliefs and LGBTQ+ rights have fared in federal courts over several decades.
A designer opposed to same-sex marriage argued that a Colorado anti-discrimination law would effectively force her to speak against her beliefs.
Three legal experts weigh in on what the Supreme Court’s ban on race in college admissions means for students, colleges and universities, and the nation’s future.
The Supreme Court’s ruling on mifepristone keeps the drug accessible for now, but its future is still in limbo.
Using public funds to support students at private religious schools is one thing, but establishing faith-based institutions within public districts is another.
Employers navigating employees’ requests for religious accommodations face some confusing guidance. A new Supreme Court case could clarify – and shift the norm.
Yeshiva University’s legal case has garnered national attention, but several similar cases are underway.
303 Creative v. Elenis gives SCOTUS another chance to set precedent about what happens when First Amendment freedoms come at a cost to civil rights.
Historians of American religious history explain why the Supreme Court’s recent religious liberty rulings are an example of America’s long struggle to define religious freedom.
Islamic views on abortion are based on diverse interpretations of what’s right and wrong when it comes to the body.
A historian explains why the pre-Roe anti-abortion movement was filled with liberal Democrats who opposed the Vietnam War and supported the expansion of the welfare state.
A moral philosopher explains what’s at stake in second-trimester abortions – and why they’ll increase in a post-Roe world.
Many people do not realize they are delivering at a Catholic hospital, and others may not have a choice. But where one receives care has a profound impact on the birth control options they’re offered.
Kennedy v. Bremerton, a case about a public school teacher’s prayer, helps close out a Supreme Court term in which religion was often in the spotlight.
Scholars explain why many see abortion access as a religious freedom issue and what the views of different faiths are on ‘ensoulment,’ the point at which the soul is believed to enter the fetus.
Once again, the court has expanded the legal ways that public funds can be used for students at religious institutions.
A scholar writes about how the Southern Baptist Convention’s views on abortion changed during the 1980s, when a more conservative wing seized control of the denomination.
For women with a family history of serious genetic disorders, abortion is a critical option: a security feature that allows them to consider having children.
Restricting abortion access has negative effects on parents, as well as children and families, including increased poverty, unemployment, pregnancy-related deaths and higher health risks in children.
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Joseph Panzer Chair in Education and Research Professor of Law, University of Dayton
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Assistant Professor of Intellectual Heritage, Temple University
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Professor of Law, Director of the Center for Religion, Law & Democracy, Willamette University
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Professor of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, Oregon State University
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Associate Professor of Political Science, Oregon State University
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Assistant Professor of Law and Director, Environmental and Regulatory Law Clinic, University of Virginia
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Associate Professor of Public Health, Texas A&M University
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Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Judge Ben C. Green Professor of Law, Case Western Reserve University
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Associate Professor of Sociology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
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Professor and director emeritus, Institute for Rural Journalism, University of Kentucky
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Associate Professor of Sociology and Women's and Gender Studies, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
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Professor of Political Science, University of Texas at Arlington
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Professor of Constitutional Law, University of Montana
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Professor of Political Science, Purdue University
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