The Catholic bishops of Chile have warned that religious freedom will be at risk if a proposed draft of a new constitution is approved this fall.

The constitution’s text will be voted on Sept. 4 in a plebiscite in which all Chileans will participate.

The prelates criticized that, according to the Article 67 Section 4 of the proposed constitution, the exercise of the right to religious freedom must be done “in conformity with the law, respecting the rights, duties, and principles established by this Constitution.”

Consequently, people or institutions “could be forced to adopt practices or convey values that contradict their faith,” the bishops said.

The bishops said the new constitution proposes “the right to abortion, adopting a questionable orientation to sex education where parents participate in a very insufficient way, and promoting a radical theory of gender.”

The Bishops also lamented that the proposal doesn’t give conscientious objection a constitutional status.