State Religious Freedom Restoration Acts as a Solution to the Free Exercise Problem of Religiously Based Refusals to Administer Health Care
Kelleen Patricia Forlizzi, 44 New Eng. L. Rev. 387 (2010)
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This Note advocates for the adoption of individual state religious freedom restoration acts (RFRAs) to reinstate the strict scrutiny standard for all laws restricting religious activity. State RFRAs represent a viable alternative to the current methodology for analyzing free exercise claims in the context of religiously based refusals to administer health care. The enactment of these statutes will afford medical professionals the chance to keep their jobs while remaining true to their religious beliefs, as well as balance the scales between the free exercise of religion and the equal protection rights of patients.
