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Religious freedom arguments underpin wave of challenges to abortion bans

The lawsuits show “religious liberty doesn’t operate in one direction,” law professor says.

(Adria Malcolm | The New York Times) Mikayla, who asked to be identified by her first name, takes mifepristone, the first pill in a two-drug regimen to end a pregnancy, at a hotel in Albuquerque, N.M., March 1, 2023. Mikayla drove from Texas to a hotel in Albuquerque to use the first telemedicine abortion service operated by a religion, one of many recent efforts to use religious freedom arguments to uphold abortion rights.

(Adria Malcolm | The New York Times) Mikayla, who asked to be identified by her first name, takes mifepristone, the first pill in a two-drug regimen to end a pregnancy, at a hotel in Albuquerque, N.M., March 1, 2023. Mikayla drove from Texas to a hotel in Albuquerque to use the first telemedicine abortion service operated by a religion, one of many recent efforts to use religious freedom arguments to uphold abortion rights.

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By Pam Belluck | The New York Times