Welcome to Breakpoint, a daily look, and an ever-changing culture through the lens of unchanging truth.

For the Colson Center, I'm John Stone Street.

Earlier this month, an Indiana judge blocked a pro-life law arguing that limiting abortion violates the freedom of religion.

The claim, brought by the American Civil Liberties Union and Hoosier Jews for

choice, argued that in Indiana law, and I quote, violates religious freedoms by burdening the

ability to obtain an abortion in accordance with sincerely held beliefs, end quote.

Judge Christina Kleinman agreed with the argument, saying this, quote, the court finds their significant public interest in ensuring the religious freedom of all citizens

and the state's position that religious freedom is somehow less important than other exceptions in the abortion law,

puts the court in an untenable position, and finds a permanent injunction the only proper relief.

The ACLU, which does not typically champion religious rights, responded by saying this.

Today's ruling is a recognition that religious freedom protects people of many faiths and

beliefs, not just those favored by the state.

For more than three years, our clients have challenged law that forces them to choose between their faith and their autonomy. Of course, asserting

a religious right to kill kids is a diabolical attempt to be clever, and yet twisting the

state's Religious Freedom Restoration Act is more than just rhetorical snark. It indicates just how dramatically

the conversation about abortion has shifted in recent years, even as imaging technologies in

prenatal medicine has clarified what the practice really is. You see, not that long ago,

politicians would campaign on the idea that no one really wants abortion,

but women need it in extraordinary circumstances.

Today, abortion celebrated with light shows and dance parties, as if it's a moral good

and any restrictions or a fundamental violation of human rights.

It used to be safe, legal, and rare.

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