Religious believers could be free to publicly shame rape survivors under the federal government’s proposed “religious freedom” laws, Victoria’s Equal Opportunity and Human Rights Commissioner has warned.

Commissioner Kristen Hilton also noted an unmarried woman would be powerless to seek redress if a doctor told her she was “sinful and dirty” for requesting contraception on the basis of a religious conviction.

Victoria's Equal Opportunity and Human Rights Commissioner Kristen Hilton. Credit:Darrian Traynor

The commissioner has warned federal Attorney-General Christian Porter that his proposed new laws, which the government says are designed to protect the rights of people of faith to express their religious views, risks trampling on the human rights of other Australians.

But Mr Porter says the legislation takes a "measured and practical" approach to protecting the religious freedoms of all Australians .