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SCOTUS Rules in Hobby Lobby’s Favor Over Birth Control


bitterly fought battle over women’s reproductive rights.


The case turned on legal


arguments centered around religious freedom, but had everything to do with birth control. Imani Gandy at RH Reality Check explained the terrain:


Contraceptives prevent


pregnancy, abortifacients terminate a pregnancy, and a pregnancy begins at implantation. So contraceptives by definition are not abortifacients because they prevent a pregnancy; if they work, there is no pregnancy to be terminated.


These statements are not up for


debate. They’re not subject to any “well actually” muddying of the waters. They are incontrovertible facts based in science.


Nevertheless, should the Supreme BY KHALIL ABDULLAH In a 5-4 ruling the Supreme Court


sided with two companies who sought religious exemptions in Obamacare requirements that they cover birth


control for employees. The High Court agreed that the


Affordable Care Act violated federal law which protects religious freedom. However, the Supreme Court also said that the government may provide its


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own alternatives for those who need to access coverage, SCOTUSblog reported.


The case was a key controversy


over President Obama’s signature healthcare law, and became yet another


Court rule in Hobby Lobby and Conestoga Wood’s favor, and allow them to avoid their obligations under the Affordable Care Act because they are opposed to abortion-inducing drugs and they “believe” that certain emergency contraceptives qualify as such, those three factual statements will become mere matters of opinion.


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