{"id":12948,"date":"2003-10-14T22:22:00","date_gmt":"2003-10-15T05:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.consciencelaws.org\/?p=12948"},"modified":"2023-02-03T10:05:52","modified_gmt":"2023-02-03T18:05:52","slug":"when-free-exercise-exemptions-undermine-religious-liberty-and-the-liberty-of-conscience-a-case-study-of-the-catholic-hospital-conflict","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library.consciencelaws.org\/?p=12948","title":{"rendered":"When Free Exercise Exemptions Undermine Religious Liberty and the Liberty of Conscience: A Case Study of the Catholic Hospital Conflict"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Brietta R Clark<\/h4>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"164\" height=\"230\" src=\"https:\/\/library.consciencelaws.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/oregonlawrev.jpg\" alt=\"Oregon Law Review\" class=\"wp-image-15889\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Oregon Law Review<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Extract<br>Conclusion<\/strong><br>Using this framework, I propose a more protective principle for free exercise protection than currently exists, one that requires a heightened scrutiny of all laws that burden religious liberty, even neutral laws of general applicability. This review should examine carefully the need for the government law and the possibility of an exemption or accommodation that will not undermine the purpose of the law. However, I would not go as far as some states in providing almost absolute free exercise protection from government laws serving important government interests. Rather, the principle I advocate requires a balancing of interests tipped to favor laws protecting third parties&#8217; from harm over religious claimants&#8217; objections. The Catholic hospital conflict demonstrates how even under this more protective free exercise principle, the rule of law and the self&#8211;limiting principle of the liberty of conscience and religious liberty operate as justifiable limits on the scope of free exercise protection. The hospitals&#8217; free exercise interests must be balanced against the potential harm to patients who cannot access necessary reproductive health care and information, which means that in many cases exemptions for religious hospitals will be denied.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Clark BR. <a href=\"https:\/\/heinonline.org\/HOL\/LandingPage?handle=hein.journals\/orglr82&amp;div=24&amp;id=&amp;page=\">When Free Exercise Exemptions Undermine Religious Liberty and the Liberty of Conscience: A Case Study of the Catholic Hospital Conflict<\/a>. Oregon Law Review. 2003 Fall;82(3):625-694. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brietta R Clark ExtractConclusionUsing this framework, I propose a more protective principle for free exercise protection than currently exists, one that requires a heightened scrutiny of all laws that burden religious liberty, even neutral laws of general applicability. 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