Earlier this month, an Indiana appeals court delivered a great victory to two causes that often find themselves in opposition: reproductive freedom and religious freedom. A group of women successfully ...

Almost immediately after Dobbs V. Jackson Women’s Health overturned the federal right to an abortion, more than a dozen states passed legislation effectively banning abortion. Soon thereafter, Jewish ...

Connie Ryan is executive director of Interfaith Alliance of Iowa. Religious freedom is one of our country’s most fundamental rights. Religious freedom is also already protected through the First ...

U.S. blasphemy laws reflect a complex fight for the freedom of religion and speech Getty Images Some 79 countries around the world continue to enforce blasphemy laws. And in places such as Afghanistan ...

A new database launched Thursday is drawing attention to hundreds of state laws and regulations that legal experts say have flown under the radar and are in need of reexamination following a string of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Illustration: Joanna Andreasson When Bridger Lee Jensen opened a spiritual center in Provo, Utah, he contacted city officials to ...

On Thursday afternoon, in an important lawsuit seeking to clarify which religious objectors will be taken seriously when they seek legal exemptions, a group of plaintiffs in Indiana scored a notable ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration is highlighting concerns over laws against blasphemy and apostasy that limit religious freedom in Muslim and other nations where they are on the books. The ...

In Colorado Springs, three religious organizations are taking legal steps to make sure that a new homeless shelter is built. Their complaint: City residents who have sued the city to block the shelter ...

Host Rev. Paul Brandeis Raushenbush interviews Elizabeth Reiner Platt, ⁠Director of the Law, Rights, and Religion Project at Union Seminary.⁠ Liz is the author of the Project's new report, "⁠Religious ...

The authors write "This column will examine potential downsides to the arbitration of religious disputes and will propose an alternative hybrid dispute resolution model." Disputes are almost ...

(The Conversation) — Some 79 countries around the world continue to enforce blasphemy laws. And in places such as Afghanistan, Brunei, Iran, Nigeria, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia, violation of these ...