Oregon Right to Life v. Stolfi
Ninth Circuit reversed dismissal and found that Oregon Right to Life's anti-abortion stance is grounded in sincerely held religious belief entitled to First Amendment protection…
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Topic: Healthcare & Conscience
Illinois Health Care Right of Conscience Act case
Illinois pharmacists do not have to sell Plan B pills to customers if they have religious objections to the use of the product.
Hobby Lobby v. Burwell
A Christian-owned for-profit company must provide insurance coverage for contraceptive drugs under the HHS mandate, as the religious beliefs of the owners were only indirectly…
Conestoga Wood Specialties Corp. v. Secretary of U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Dignity Health v. United States
A lower court invalidated Catholic and religious hospitals' longstanding exemption from federal pension law (ERISA) on the grounds that the hospitals were not operated by…
Priests for Life v. HHS
SisterSong Women of Color Reproductive Justice Collective v. Kemp
A Georgia statute prohibiting abortions after detection of a fetal heartbeat is blocked based on Roe v. Wade, which holds that a state may not…
Morris v. Centura Health
A religious hospital network can enforce its prohibition on employees providing medical aid-in-dying services based on its religious directives.
Minton v. Dignity Health
A religious hospital can be liable for discrimination under the Unruh Civil Rights Act if it refuses to provide medical services for religious reasons without…
Falls Church Medical Center, LLC v. Oliver
Virginia regulations requiring that abortions be provided in outpatient surgical hospitals present a substantial obstacle and impose an undue burden on abortion access in violation…