03264cam a22004698i 4500 in00024330674 DLC 20260715115450.0 250923s2025 ncu b 001 0 eng 2025017077 9781476696904 paperback 9781476655826 ebook PUCPR eng rda DLC DLC DLC-MRC pcc n-us--- n-us--- cicg HQ 767.5.U5 W458 2025 Wenz, Peter S. author aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut Abortion Rights as the Free Exercise of Religion : The Constitutional Case for Choice / Peter S. Wenz, Ethics and Culture Series Editor James M. Okapal. Abortion Rights as the Free Exercise of Religion [Title of spine] 2506 Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., [©2025] viii, 223 pages ; 23 cm text txt rdacontent http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/contentTypes/txt unmediated n rdamedia http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/mediaTypes/n volume nc rdacarrier http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/carriers/nc Ethics and Culture Front cover image: © Zhuravlev Andrey / Shutterstock Includes bibliographical references and index. How to Interpret the Constitution -- Historical Background -- Critique of the Wall of Separation -- The Growth of Free Exercise -- From Free Exercise to Abortion Rights . ""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. Abortion Law and legislation United States Abortion Religious aspects Women's rights United States Freedom of religion United States Religion and law United States SOCIAL SCIENCE / Abortion & Birth Control bisacsh 7 cbc orignew 1 ecip 20 y-gencatlg 6 lcc 306119 306119 0 0 lcc 0 0 7 7 4 2026-06-08 Caribbean Library Consulting Corp. 59.99 0 HQ 767.5.U5 W458 2025 70000000906518 2026-07-15 11:51:56 c. 1 59.99 2026-07-15 6