Since the status of the life in the womb from conception to birth is judged differently based on one's religion, why would we want the state regulating it?
"... a number of religious groups, including the
United Church of Christ, the
Unitarian Universalist Association and the two largest American Jewish movements –
Reform and
Conservative Judaism – favor a woman’s right to have an abortion with few or no exceptions.
Many of the nation’s largest mainline Protestant denominations – including the
Episcopal Church, the
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) and the Methodists – also support abortion rights,
Where major religious groups stand on abortion
The recent ruling seems to me to be a violation of freedom of religion. It imposes the religious beliefs of those churches that oppose abortion (in fact seeing it as murder) on everyone including those who do not hold that belief.
What am I missing? Let churches ban it but not the government.