“As progressive faith communities garner more public attention—and legal wins—my hope is that they lead us on a path toward a more pluralistic and balanced approach to religious liberty.”

– LRRP Director Liz Reiner Platt, Gender Policy Report.

This free, virtual curriculum explores the history of religious liberty in the U.S. and contemporary issues in religion law, focusing on how religious freedom has protected—or failed to protect—Black Americans.

"As abortion rights defenders in Iowa and elsewhere navigate an increasingly restrictive legislative environment, RFRA challenges are only likely to increase—and they have the critical benefit of elevating the abortion stories of religious people."

–LRRP's Dr. Christine Ryan

This report distills the factors courts consider, and do not consider, when assessing whether beliefs and practices are religious.

LRRP's amicus brief in Individual Members of the Medical Licensing Board of Indiana v. Anonymous Plaintiff 1 argues that Indiana's RFRA codifies a right to a religiously motivated abortion, drawing on research from religious studies scholars and the first-hand accounts of abortion patients across Christian, Jewish, and Muslim traditions.

This article responds to critiques of lawsuits seeking a religious liberty right to access abortion, arguing that granting expansive religious liberty claims made by religious conservatives is both constitutionally problematic and normatively unfair.

LRRP’s Dr. Christine Ryan details how the conservative win in the 2014 Hobby Lobby decision was used to protect pro-abortion religious beliefs in Indiana.