The US Supreme Court ruled that family-owned corporations have the right to opt out of Affordable Care Act provisions requiring that access to contraceptives be included in health benefits packages, because it might conflict with the companys religious beliefs. We think the decision means that family owned corporations can have religious beliefs but not large corporations. Their beliefs, and the right to have them, goes away as the company gets larger. Thats what passes these days for astute legal analysis. And what of women needing access to contraception? Well, theres an accommodation that ACA is proposing that is also being challenged, and if that goes down the drain, women will have to pay for their hateful contraceptives on their own if they work for one of these companies. Which raises the question -- should women want to work for such companies? Yes, folks, the calendar does say 2014. Not 1914. Discuss. nytimes/2014/07/01/us/hobby-lobby-case-supreme-court-contraception.html?_r=0
Posted on: Tue, 01 Jul 2014 11:37:53 +0000