Does religious freedom protect abortion access?

Last month, a synagogue in south Florida sued the state over its abortion ban, citing a violation of Jewish people’s religious freedom.

Experts say this is just the beginning of what could be a wave of lawsuits from religious groups.

A common thread relevant to recent developments is the influence that anti-abortion religious institutions, like the evangelical Christian church, the Catholic Church, and others have wielded in building political support for new, restrictive laws.

Professor Asifa Quraishi-Landes writes in The San Francisco Chronicle that the Florida ban and the reversal of Roe v. Wade “is also an infringement on [Muslims’] religious freedom.”