Did Roe v. Wade Help or Hurt Religious Freedom?

Dozens of faith-related groups filed briefs this summer aimed at shaping the Supreme Court's approach to a major abortion case scheduled for later this year. That's unsurprising in light of religion's prominent role in the abortion debate. What's striking is the claims some of the groups made about the relationship between past abortion rulings and religious freedom law. According to some faith-related critics of these past rulings, court decisions like Roe v. Wade, which said the government can't ban pre-viability abortions, have "haunted" the religious liberty landscape for the past five decades.