Rachel N. Morrison

The First Amendment and religious exercise and free speech regulations for institutions of higher education.

EPPC Fellow Rachel Morrison filed an amicus brief in the Supreme Court urging the Court to clarify the proper legal standard for when employees should receive religious accommodations in the workplace.

Morrison expands on the proposed HHS rule that would allegedly “increase access to care and prevent discrimination.”

What law won’t this Administration sacrifice on the altar of abortion?

At the end of the day, Democrats appear willing to sacrifice workplace protections for pregnant women and mothers on the altar of abortion.

Even though the word “marriage” is used for both, male-female marriage and a same-sex marriage are fundamentally different in kind.

The Biden administration has sought new and creative ways to use the federal government to promote, provide and pay for abortion — all on the taxpayer’s dime.

We applaud Virginia’s concrete action to respect parental rights guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution and laws of Virginia and to ensure privacy, dignity, and respect for all students in Virginia schools.

Legal challenges to the IFR are possible, including on the grounds that the IFR exceeds the VA’s statutory authority and there is no “good cause” to issue an IFR and short-circuit the normal rulemaking process.

The VA’s claim that abortion under the IFR is ‘needed’ and ‘medically necessary and appropriate’ is arbitrary and capricious. Abortion is not healthcare, abortion harms women, and women do not need abortion to succeed.

It will be the height of arbitrariness and capriciousness to finalize such a dangerous rule in the face of these and the many other grave harms identified in this comment when they are not only not mandated by Congress, but go against the very statute the Proposed Rule purports to enforce.

Without intervention by the Court, Hardison will continue to effectively nullify the vital religious protections guaranteed by Title VII.