Justices act in other health law mandate cases

[DonViejo]

Source: ASSOCIATED PRESS

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has left in place lower court rulings in favor of businesses that object to covering all methods of government-approved contraception.

The justices’ action Tuesday is a strong indication that their decision a day earlier extending religious rights to closely held corporations applies broadly to the contraceptive coverage requirement in the new health care law, not just the four pregnancy prevention methods and devices that the court considered in its ruling.

Oklahoma-based Hobby Lobby Inc. and a Pennsylvania furniture maker won their court challenges Monday in which they refused to pay for two emergency contraceptive pills and two intrauterine devices.

Tuesday’s orders apply to companies owned by Catholics who oppose all contraception. Their cases were awaiting action pending resolution of the Hobby Lobby case.

Read more: http://www.salon.com/2014/07/01/justices_act_in_other_health_law_mandate_cases/

[awake]

1. I can't wait till a Muslim owned Co. tries to apply their beliefs on its employees

The Tea Baggers will bat shit crazy.

[valerief]

5. Right, like SCOTUS would uphold that.

Not for Muslims. Sheesh. They may be obscenely rich, but they're not "compassionate conservatives".

[cynzke]

6. They could object paying for

medical treatments/medicines using animal by-products...pigs.

[sinkingfeeling]

2. Why yes, because businesses should have control over their female employees.

Businesses have rights and religious beliefs, not so much women.

[Marthe48]

3. that sucking sound?

Aside from the disgraceful pro-corporate, anti-woman decision from the godfathers, it is the sounds of women's rights going down the drain. Back to the alleys, back to despair, back to the stone age...

GOTV

[Blue Idaho]

4. Proving once again...

That employer controlled healthcare is a terrible idea.