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http://dx.doi.org/10.59704/060720e0e39fdd49 https://verfassungsblog.de/the-battle-over-the-sacred-and-the-profane/ The Battle over the Sacred and the Profane - The Increased Contestation of Reproductive Rights in Europe Blokker, Paul eng 2025-12-20 electronic resource text/html ddc:342 Abortion Religionsfreiheit Reproductive Rights freedom of religion religious freedom Religionsfreiheit Verfassungsblog Verfassungsblog--2366-7044 CC BY-SA 4.0 Struggles around sexual and reproductive rights pit more liberally, progressive-oriented or “frontlash” actors against other, including non-liberal, often radical-conservative “backlash” organizations. In the actions of the latter, religion is an explicit and core dimension. This struggle is about a political and religious backlash to a largely secular, progressive cultural and human rights revolution. It confronts opposing sides of (transnational) civil society, who both make moral, “sacred” claims, while profaning the opponent.