Religious Liberty, Health Care, and the Culture Wars

Date

2017

Citation

Douglas Laycock, Religious Liberty, Health Care, and the Culture Wars, in Law, Religion, and Health in the United States, Cambridge University Press, 21–33 (2017).

UVA Law Faculty Affiliations

Douglas Laycock

Constitutional Law and Legal History

Center for the First Amendment

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