Rachel N. Morrison
Fellow
Rachel N. Morrison is a Fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center, where she directs EPPC’s Administrative State Accountability Project. An attorney, her legal and policy work focuses on religious liberty, health care rights of conscience, the right to life, nondiscrimination, and civil rights.
Rachel N. Morrison is a Fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center, where she directs EPPC’s Administrative State Accountability Project. An attorney, her legal and policy work focuses on religious liberty, health care rights of conscience, the right to life, nondiscrimination, and civil rights.
Before joining EPPC, Ms. Morrison served as an Attorney Advisor and Special Assistant to General Counsel Sharon Fast Gustafson at the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), where she focused on religious discrimination issues and was a member of the General Counsel’s Religious Discrimination Work Group. Before that, she served as Litigation Counsel for Americans United for Life and as a Constitutional Law Fellow at the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, defending the right to life and religious freedom for all. She also clerked on the U.S. Court of Federal Claims.
Ms. Morrison’s legal analysis has been published in the Seton Hall Law Review, the Pepperdine Law Review, and the Ave Maria Law Review, as well as various other print media outlets.
Ms. Morrison earned her J.D., magna cum laude, from the Pepperdine University School of Law, where she was elected to the Order of the Coif and served as an editor for the Pepperdine Law Review and the Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy. She received her B.A. in Mathematics and Speech Communication, summa cum laude, from Whitworth University (Spokane, WA). She is a member of the District of Columbia and the Washington State bars.
Ms. Morrison lives with her husband and daughter in Virginia.
Dobbs, Equality and the Contested Meaning of Women’s Rights
Erika Bachiochi, Rachel N. Morrison
Abstract The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization overturning Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood…
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Texas Review of Law and Politics / May 7, 2025
EPPC Scholar Submits Public Comment Supporting Fair Housing Rule
Rachel N. Morrison
On April 28, 2025, EPPC scholar Rachel N. Morrison submitted a public comment supporting the Department of Housing and Urban…
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PDF / April 29, 2025
HHS Takes Action to Protect Whistleblowers and Conscience Rights
Rachel N. Morrison
On April 14, 2025, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced that it was taking action to “protect whistleblowers who…
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The Federalist Society / April 25, 2025
Trump Deregulation Initiative Underway
Rachel N. Morrison
On April 11, 2025, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) published a notice of request for information (RFI), soliciting “ideas for…
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The Federalist Society / April 17, 2025
Trump HHS Clarifies Biden Rule on Gender Dysphoria Discrimination Is Not Enforceable
Rachel N. Morrison
On April 11, 2025, the Trump Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a “clarification” document “out of an abundance of…
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The Federalist Society / April 15, 2025
EPPC Scholars Submit Comment Supporting HHS’s Proposed Removal of Sex-Rejecting Procedures from Essential Health Benefits
Eric Kniffin, Jamie Bryan Hall, Mary Rice Hasson, Rachel N. Morrison
On Friday, April 11, 2025, EPPC scholars Eric Kniffin, Rachel N. Morrison, Mary Rice Hasson, and Jamie Bryan Hall submitted…
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PDF / April 15, 2025
EPPC Scholars Submit Comment Encouraging Agency to Ensure Telemedicine Rules Respect States’ Rights
Eric Kniffin, Rachel N. Morrison
On March 18, 2025, EPPC scholars Eric Kniffin and Rachel N. Morrison submitted a public comment in response to the…
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PDF / March 19, 2025
EPPC Scholars Urge Government Officials to Rescind Department of Veterans Affairs Rule Mandating Taxpayer-Funded Abortion…
Natalie Dodson, Rachel N. Morrison
On Tuesday, March 17, 2025, EPPC scholars Rachel N. Morrison and Natalie Dodson met with government officials in the Executive…
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PDF / March 19, 2025