When Does Protecting Faith Imperil Children?

March 20, 2019
2:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. EDT
Location: Berkley Center Third Floor Conference Room Map

Certain religious practices have implications for children--notably, child marriage, school attendance, and faith healing. Religious practices like early marriage or refusing to use medical help to treat preventable illness may harm children who have no say in the decisions made by parents or community leaders. This discussion drew on the recent volume The Contested Place of Religion in Family Law (2018) to explore these and other implications of a thick deference to family privacy and religious liberty.

Volume editor Robin Fretwell Wilson and Berkley Center Senior Fellow Katherine Marshall examined current legal protections nationally and internationally, as well as gaps in protection, in a conversation moderated by Ambassador David Saperstein. They focused on potential opportunities to act or regulate in ways that enhance the welfare of children without encroaching unnecessarily on religious liberty or the parent-child relationship. Berkley Center Managing Director Michael Kessler provided opening remarks.

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