Religious Liberty and Abortion Policy: Casey as “Catch-22”

Recent Supreme Court decisions about abortion have raised substantive religious liberty issues without addressing them directly. Simmons postulates that the decision in one such case amounts to a 'Catch-22' for women whose decision to undertake an abortion, based on their personal understa...

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Veröffentlicht in:	A journal of church and state 2000-01, Vol.42 (1), p.69-88
1. Verfasser:	SIMMONS, PAUL D.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	922110 Abortion Constitutional amendments Constitutional law Fetus First Amendment Freedom of religion Government regulation Human rights Law Laws, regulations and rules Morality Pregnancy Public policy Religious beliefs Religious freedom Supreme Court decisions Supreme Court-US U.S.A Violence against women Womens rights Zygotes
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Zusammenfassung:	Recent Supreme Court decisions about abortion have raised substantive religious liberty issues without addressing them directly. Simmons postulates that the decision in one such case amounts to a 'Catch-22' for women whose decision to undertake an abortion, based on their personal understanding of morality, may be compromised by the activities or others who oppose abortion for religious or moral reasons.
ISSN:	0021-969X 2040-4867
DOI:	10.1093/jcs/42.1.69