Alison, Liz, and Rebecca discuss a better vision for religious liberty with Liz Reiner Platt, director of the Law, Rights, and Religion Project, a law and policy think tank based at Columbia Law School. They talk about using religious exemptions to promote progressive social causes and issues, including the legal fight for a right to abortion based on freedom of conscience.

Background

• Liz Reiner Platt bio
• Law, Rights, and Religion Project
• We Dissent episode about 303 Creative

Resources

• All Faiths and None: A Guide to Protecting Religious Liberty for Everyone
• A Religious Right to Abortion: Legal History and Analysis
• Parading the Horribles: The Risk of Expanding Religious Exemptions

Amicus Briefs

• LRRP - Dousa v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security
• LRRP “ No More Deaths” case - United States vs. Warren
• American Atheists - Tanzin v. Tanvir
• LRRP - United States v. Safehouse
• LRRP and FFRF - ​​Jane Doe v. AG of Indiana Amicus Brief
• LRRP - 303 Creative v. Elenis

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