Project
Law, Rights, and Religion Project
Document Type
Document
Publication Date
8-2022
Abstract
There is a long and rich history of religious support, across a wide range of faith traditions, for the right to reproductive autonomy, including abortion. A number of religious denominations, including the Presbyterian Church, Reform and Conservative Judaism, the United Church of Christ, and the Unitarian Universalist Association, support a legal right to abortion in most or all circumstances. Several religious denominations have even — long before the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization — issued statements explaining that the right to reproductive health care is an essential aspect of their members’ religious freedom.
Disciplines
Family Law | Law | Religion Law
Recommended Citation
Law, Rights, and Religion Project,
A Religious Right to Abortion: Legal History and Analysis,
(2022).
Available at:
https://scholarship.law.columbia.edu/gender_sexuality_law/18