The Legal Strategy That Could Overturn Abortion Bans.

Clergy members and practitioners of various religions are filing nearly a dozen lawsuits challenging abortion restrictions in state and federal courts, using religious protection laws enacted by anti-abortion state officials to target their own restrictions on the procedure. The lawsuits aim to restore access to the procedure and chip away at the assumption that all religious people oppose abortion. Legal experts say there’s a solid chance the challengers can persuade courts to grant religious exemptions to abortion bans if not strike them down altogether.