{"id":128343,"date":"2025-07-24T21:00:26","date_gmt":"2025-07-25T05:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2025\/07\/24\/religious-claims-provide-3rd-circuit-win-for-proposed-safe-injection-site-in-phila-following-years-of-setbacks\/"},"modified":"2025-07-24T21:00:26","modified_gmt":"2025-07-25T05:00:26","slug":"religious-claims-provide-3rd-circuit-win-for-proposed-safe-injection-site-in-phila-following-years-of-setbacks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2025\/07\/24\/religious-claims-provide-3rd-circuit-win-for-proposed-safe-injection-site-in-phila-following-years-of-setbacks\/","title":{"rendered":"Religious Claims Provide 3rd Circuit Win for Proposed Safe Injection Site in Phila., Following Years of Setbacks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The appellate court concluded that Safehouse, an injection site that seeks to provide overdose prevention services, was protected under the Religious Freedom Restoration Act and the free exercise clause, following years of litigation with the government.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" align=\"left\" border=\"0\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" alt=\"\" hspace=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/feeds.feedblitz.com\/~\/i\/922190963\/0\/law\/legal-news\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/feeds.feedblitz.com\/_\/2\/922190963\/law\/legal-news\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" width=\"1080\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"20\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/assets.feedblitz.com\/i\/fbshare20.png?fit=1080%2C20&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/feeds.feedblitz.com\/_\/28\/922190963\/law\/legal-news\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" width=\"1080\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"20\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/assets.feedblitz.com\/i\/fblike20.png?fit=1080%2C20&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/a>\u00a0<a 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