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Case Description
The Center urged U.S. senators to vote against cloture on S. 4381, the Right to Contraceptives Act, because it contains a carveout of the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) in its section 5 (a)(3). RFRA is the primary federal safeguard of Americans’ religious freedom, and it protects all Americans’ religious freedom. Since its almost unanimous passage three decades ago, Congress has wisely never enacted a carveout to RFRA’s protections. That must remain true if religious freedom is to have the legal protection it deserves. Thankfully, on June 5, the vote on cloture failed.
