03018cam a22003978i 4500001001400000003000400014005001700018008004100035010001700076020002900093020002500122040003900147042000800186043002100194050002700215100007500242245015900317246007000476263000900546264007000555300002900625336007300654337007100727338006900798490002300867501005800890504005100948505017900999520119701178650004902375650003202424650003402456650003902490650003602529650005502565in00024330674DLC20260715115450.0250923s2025    ncu      b    001 0 eng    a  2025017077  a9781476696904qpaperback  z9781476655826qebook  aPUCPRbengerdacDLCdDLCdDLC-MRC  apcc  an-us---an-us---00aHQ 767.5.U5bW458 20251 aWenz, Peter S.eauthor4aut4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut10aAbortion Rights as the Free Exercise of Religion :bThe Constitutional Case for Choice /cPeter S. Wenz, Ethics and Culture Series Editor James M. Okapal.  iAbortion Rights as the Free Exercise of Religion [Title of spine]  a2506 1aJefferson, North Carolina :bMcFarland & Company, Inc.,c[©2025]  aviii, 223 pages ;c23 cm  atextbtxt2rdacontent0http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/contentTypes/txt  aunmediatedbn2rdamedia0http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/mediaTypes/n  avolumebnc2rdacarrier0http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/carriers/nc0 aEthics and Culture  aFront cover image: © Zhuravlev Andrey / Shutterstock  aIncludes bibliographical references and index.  tHow to Interpret the Constitution --tHistorical Background --tCritique of the Wall of Separation --tThe Growth of Free Exercise --tFrom Free Exercise to Abortion Rights .  a""This book is the first to analyze Supreme Court decisions in two distinct areas-religious freedom and abortion rights-to show that the Court gives women a religious right to abortions, at least during the first half of pregnancy. The Court now considers any sincerely claimed religious belief to be worthy of accommodation if that causes no great harm. Therefore, a woman who claims that having a child would interfere with work dedicated to God's glory should receive an accommodation that exempts her from state laws that restrict abortion, as that is the kind of relief that the Court has accorded others seeking religious exemptions from generally applicable laws and other rules The Court cannot claim in this case that great harm is caused by abortion, because it maintains even in its most recent abortion decision that it is completely neutral on the question of when the unborn attains a right to life, and loss of the unborn's life is the central harm that others claim abortion entails. The book argues that 21 weeks of gestation is the earliest point at which a right to life can be attributed to the fetus on a scientific basis."-Provided by publisher"-- Provided by publisher. 0aAbortionxLaw and legislationzUnited States 0aAbortionxReligious aspects 0aWomen's rightszUnited States 0aFreedom of religionzUnited States 0aReligion and lawzUnited States 7aSOCIAL SCIENCE / Abortion & Birth Control2bisacsh