The US Supreme Court was very divided on this issue. However, on Monday, June 30, a majority of judges ruled that, by requesting that employers that provide their workers with health insurance pay for any contraception means - e.g. IUDs or the morning-after pill - which the ‘pro-life’ lobbies are accusing of making an attempt on the future life of the impregnated egg -, the health reform went against the religious liberty of businesses - considered as people in US law. This principle is only valid for cClosely held companies (owned by a relatively small number of investors, typically including their founding families and management). The ruling has triggered a number of articles.
“A victory for religious liberty.” This is how Hobby Lobby, which sells arts and crafts materials, welcomed the US supreme court’s ruling on Monday, regarding the obligation, for employers providing their workers with health insurance, to include complete coverage of means of contraception. Indeed, the Oklahoma-based company argued, “That mandate requires Hobby Lobby and co-founders David and Barbara Green to provide and facilitate, against their religious convictions, four potentially life-terminating drugs and devices in the company’s health insurance plan,” which pro-life lobbies believe starts as soon as the egg is fertilized, even before it enters the uterine wall (which can be prevented with a coil or morning-after pill).
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