Acute intermittent porphyria (AIP) is a rare metabolic disorder that is characterized by deficiency of the enzyme as hydroxymethylbilane synthase (also known as porphobilinogen deaminase). This enzyme deficiency can result in the accumulation of porphyrin precursors in the body.
The Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993, Pub. L. No. 103-141, 107 Stat. 1488 (November 16, 1993), codified at 42 U.S.C. Â§ 2000bb through 42 U.S.C. Â§ 2000bb-4 (also known as RFRA), is a 1993 United States federal law that ensures that interests in religious freedom are protected.. The bill was introduced by Congressman Chuck Schumer (D-NY) on March 11, 1993.
Freedom of Belief. The First Amendment does not expressly speak in terms of liberty to hold such beliefs as one chooses, but in both the religion and the expression clauses, it is clear, liberty of belief is the foundation of the liberty to practice what religion one chooses and to express oneself as one chooses.Footnote 174] Id. at 594. Justice Stone alone dissented, arguing that the First Amendment religion and speech clauses forbade coercion of ''these children to express a sentiment which, as they interpret it, they do not entertain, and which violates their deepest religious convictions.'' Id. at 601.