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Religious Liberty and Abortion Policy: Casey as "Catch 22"
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Like the hapless Yossarian and his fellow GI's in the closing days of World War II, women facing abortion regulations face a frustrating and often humiliating "Catch-22."1 The movie version of the novel made the phrase an unforgettable and telling part of the American vocabulary. Joseph Heller movingly portrayed the trap of the permission/denial syndrome-what is given with one order is taken away with another-in a way that every woman facing an abortion can understand. Recent U.S. Supreme Court decisions regarding abortion have left women facing the classic dilemma captured so memorably by Heller's anti-heroes. The dilemma goes to the heart of First Amendment concerns regarding abortion …
