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August 25, 2017

A New St. Louis Ordinance Is an Attack on Religious Liberty

Catholic leaders could be fined for firing a rogue priest who impregnated a woman and then paid for her to secure an abortion.

Early this year, the St. Louis city council passed an ordinance “to prohibit discrimination based on a person’s reproductive-health decisions or pregnancy.” The law applies to discrimination related to employment or housing and includes no ministerial exemptions or exceptions for religious institutions. To Nathanael Blake, the law constitutes a major assault on religious liberty:

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August 25, 2017

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