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“The Conscience Rights of Health Care Professionals Under the Affordable Health Care Act and its Regulations: An Emerging Controversy” by Charles J. Russo

Feb 11, 2023Canopy ForumEssayschristianity, February 2023, Healthcare, Religious Freedom, Russo, Charles J.

One of the more contentious issues surrounding medical care concerns the conscience rights of health care professionals such as doctors, physician assistants, nurses, and the faith-based institutions in which they work. Controversy arises when individuals and/or their institutional policies refuse to comply with federal rules mandating that they violate their sincerely held religious beliefs, which…

“Sovereigns, Exceptions, and ‘Shadow Dockets’: Law, Religion, and States of Emergency” by M. Christian Green

Dec 14, 2022Canopy ForumEssayschristianity, Constitutional Law, December 2022, Ethics & Morality, Green, M. Christian, Healthcare, History, Politics, US Supreme Court (SCOTUS)

Picture by Adam Kring on Unsplash. “Sovereign is he who decides on the exception.”Carl Schmitt, Political Theology (1921) “By nonetheless granting relief, the Court goes astray. . . . That renders the Court’s emergency docket not for emergencies at all.”Justice Elena Kagan, Louisiana v. American Rivers (2022) Hitler’s Lawyer About a decade ago, the name…

“Masking as Religious Obligation vs. Masking for Public Safety” by David Zeligman

Dec 7, 2022Canopy ForumSeriesAttire, canada, December 2022, Healthcare, Islam, Religious Freedom, Zeligman, David

Picture by Keira Burton on Pexels. This article is part of our “Clothed in Religion: Law and Religious Attire/Garb” series.If you’d like to check out other articles in this series, click here. Religious attire is typically seen as a form of religious expression, which is protected under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. By far…

“Identifying Religious Modes of Discourse in Healthcare Policy Debates” by Ira Bedzow

Nov 18, 2022Canopy ForumEssaysBedzow, Ira, ethics, Healthcare, Judaism, November 2022, Religious Legal Systems

Black Beach in Iceland by Job Savelsberg on Unsplash. Religious discourse in multicultural environments has enormous potential to enrich our larger society, especially in matters related to healthcare. It can allow religious communities to ensure that their values are both heard and considered. The introduction of different religious views also provides context and counterpoints in…

“The Admissibility of Christian Pro-Life Politics” by Matthew P. Cavedon

Oct 19, 2022Canopy ForumEssaysCavedon, Matthew P., Ethics & Morality, Healthcare, October 2022, Politics

Bible, Church, Wedding (Pixabay) In the course of calling out anti-Semitism in American law – a very valid concern – Dr. Mia Brett’s recent Canopy Forum article argues that “Christian religious belief is the justification for many civil rights challenges we are seeing now.” Among them? Efforts to ban abortion, which “rest…on Christian religion.” Although legal justifications for prohibiting abortion “might pretend to have…

“Law, Religion & Abortion Law of the United States: A Jewish View” by Michael J. Broyde

Sep 26, 2022Canopy ForumSeriesBroyde, Michael J., Ethics & Morality, Healthcare, Religious Legal Systems, September 2022

Picture by Annie Spratt on Unsplash. This article is part of our “Kennedy, Carson, and Dobbs: Law and Religion in Pressing Supreme Court Cases” series. If you’d like to check out other articles in this series, click here. Note: This work is a profoundly revised version intended to be accessible to a secular audience of a…

“There is No Religious Freedom Argument for Abortion in Islam” by Ismail Royer

Sep 23, 2022Canopy ForumSeriesHealthcare, Islam, Religious Freedom, Royer, Ismail, September 2022

Picture by The Dancing Rain on Unsplash. This article is part of our “Kennedy, Carson, and Dobbs: Law and Religion in Pressing Supreme Court Cases” series. If you’d like to check out other articles in this series, click here. God commanded us through the example of His Prophet to pray for the dead, and He did…

“Dobbs Is Not a Religion Case” by Bruce Ledewitz

Aug 1, 2022Canopy ForumSeriesAugust 2022, Constitutional Law, Healthcare, Ledewitz, Bruce, Politics, US Supreme Court (SCOTUS)

Picture by Claire Anderson on Unsplash. This article is part of our “Kennedy, Carson, and Dobbs: Law and Religion in Pressing Supreme Court Cases” series.If you’d like to check out other articles in this series, click here. I was unhappy, but not surprised, to see Canopy Forum including Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, the case…

“A ‘Revolutionized’ Supreme Court Term” by Steven K. Green

Jul 29, 2022Canopy ForumSeriesConstitutional Law, Education, Green, Steven K., Healthcare, July 2022, US Supreme Court (SCOTUS)

Picture by Patrick Fore on Unsplash. This article is part of our “Kennedy, Carson, and Dobbs: Law and Religion in Pressing Supreme Court Cases” series.If you’d like to check out other articles in this series, click here. The Supreme Court’s Term in 1991-1992 promised to be highly consequential. Two hot-button issues were on the Court’s docket…

“Tax Policy: A Sieve Separating the Genuine Pro-lifers from the Fakes” by Susan Pace Hamill

Jul 25, 2022Canopy ForumSeriesEthics & Morality, Hamill, Susan Pace, Healthcare, July 2022, Politics, Tax Law

Picture by Niels Wende on Pixabay. This article is part of our “Kennedy, Carson, and Dobbs: Law and Religion in Pressing Supreme Court Cases” series.If you’d like to check out other articles in this series, click here. Labeling themselves “pro-life,” white conservative evangelical Christians waged war against abortion for decades. On June 24, 2022, the Supreme…