Abortion bans may draw lawsuits over religious freedom violations



















  • Some abortion-rights activists believe the Supreme Court is improperly favoring conservative Christian beliefs given that other religions permit abortion.
  • Groups plan to file lawsuits to reinstate their rights as abortion rights have previously been fought on privacy grounds, instead of religious freedom.
  • But some experts say it’s unlikely the Supreme Court would reconsider its ruling on religious grounds.

Some activists devastated by the Supreme Court’s decision ending a constitutional right to abortion are turning to a new tactic: Bring God onto their side of the fight.

They’re planning to file religious-freedom lawsuits, hoping to use either state or federal courts to reinstate their rights, which they say are being violated by conservative Christians who’ve forced their theocracy upon others as a de-facto national religion in the fight against abortion rights.