CRM/LAW C113 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Patient Protection And Affordable Care Act, Hobby Lobby, Emergency Contraception
11 May 2016
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Whether bosses should be required to have insurance for contraception for employees. Hobby lobby = craft store, the greens, as christians did not believe in contraception; conflicted with religious beliefs; employs around 13,000 people. At issue: the rule under the affordable care act aca that requires employer group health plans to furnish preventative care and screenings for women i. e. , contraception, including emergency contraception . Competing rights between government who requires employers to offer health care under aca and the rights of the employer to be free from unwarranted governmental interference with their free exercise of religion. Government does have a compelling interest in requiring contraceptive coverage in the affordable care act aca. But it"s mandate does burden the plaintiff"s exercise of religion. This is a violation of their religious beliefs and hobby lobby won the case. What does the fundamental right to abort, or not to abort, mean in practice.
