In June 2014, the Supreme Court ruled that closely held, for-profit companies can claim a religious exemption to the Affordable Care Act requirement that they provide health insurance coverage for contraceptives: The Supreme Court ruled that requiring family-owned corporations to pay for insurance coverage for contraception under the Affordable Care Act violated a federal law protecting religious freedom. The 5-to-4 decision, which applied to two companies owned by Christian families, opened the door to challenges from other corporations to many laws that may be said to violate their religious liberty. Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr., writing for the courts five more conservative justices, said a federal religious-freedom law applied to for-profit corporations controlled by religious families. He added that the requirement that the companies provide contraception coverage imposed a substantial burden on the companies religious liberty. He said the government could provide the coverage in other ways. Read more at snopes/politics/medical/hobbylobby.asp#sZstb7GhWDkTRJfy.99
Posted on: Sat, 03 Jan 2015 21:10:01 +0000