‘Today’s ruling protects patients, aligns with current medical research, and ensures doctors aren’t forced to violate their religious beliefs and medical judgment--a victory for common-sense, conscience, and sound medicine,’ said Luke Goodrich, senior counsel for the Becket Fund.
'Becerra is trying to change the fundamental practice of medicine and science by the stroke of a pen [... and, ...] instead of respecting scientists and doctors who recognize objective biological realities in their professions, [he is branding] them as bigots at risk of losing HHS funds.'
The ruling could have a deterrent effect in a wide range of religious-freedom cases going forward, such as the Catholic Little Sisters of the Poor’s case against being forced to subsidize abortifacients
The Satanic Temple is appealing to the Religious Freedom Restoration Act to assert its religious right to facilitate abortions unburdened by state restrictions.