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October 16, 2012Report of the Georgetown Symposium on Religious Freedom and Healthcare Reform
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Publication
March 22, 2012
Religious Freedom and Healthcare Reform
The Health and Human Services contraception mandate has revived the debate about the Obama administration's health care reform and its implications for religious freedom. The Berkley Center's Religious Freedom Project convened several leading experts to explore the controversy from different legal, theological, and policy perspectives. Key questions that were addressed include: the role of religious freedom and conscience exemptions in American law, the US Catholic Bishops' criticisms of the health reform law and HHS mandate, and the prospects for a resolution of the controversy.
Participants
Helen Alvaré
Helen M. Alvaré is an associate professor of Law at the George Mason University School of Law where she researches and writes about family law, and the intersection of family law and religion. As a practicing lawyer, Alvaré specialized in...
Michael Kessler
Michael Kessler is Associate Director of the Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs at Georgetown University, a Visiting Assistant Professor of Government, and an Adjunct Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center. He works...
Martin Lederman
Martin Lederman is an associate professor of law at Georgetown University Law Center in Washington, D.C. He served as Deputy Assistant Attorney General in the Department of Justice's Office of Legal Counsel from 2009 to 2010, and as an Attorney...
Michael McConnell
Michael McConnell is Richard and Frances Mallery Professor of Law at Stanford University Law School. Educated at Michigan State University (BA '76) and the University of Chicago Law School (JD '79), he is an accomplished litigator, judge and...
Melissa Rogers
Melissa Rogers directs the Center for Religion and Public Affairs at Wake Forest University School of Divinity and serves as a nonresident senior fellow with Governance Studies at the Brookings Institution. In 2009 Rogers was appointed by...