Organized religion is a business and serves business interests. They monetize faith and prey on people’s anxieties. Policing women’s behaviors and legislating against reproductive autonomy thwart women’s ability to achieve political and economic power. The symbiotic relationship between institutionalized religion and conservatism sees women’s self-efficacy as threatening to the status quo of who has money and power and who doesn’t. So long winded answer, religion is bad for women’s mental health and civil liberties. As someone whose career is working with horrifically abused kids and suicidal adults you gain some insight into what it takes to build a healthy society and powerless women raising kids in poverty ain’t it.