pewforum.org Publications

Interviews

Explore Pew Forum interviews, which feature guests ranging from legal scholars to authors to academics discussing an array of topics and issues at the intersection of religion and public life in Q&A format.

The Contraception Mandate and Religious Liberty
On Feb. 1, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services released new rules for how the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act's contraception mandate applies to religious nonprofits, including houses of worship, schools and hospitals. Church-state law scholars Ira C. Lupu and Robert Tuttle explain the new rules and the legal arguments that religious groups might make.