The ACA's contraceptive mandate religious freedom, women's health, and corporate personhood

摘要

The Supreme Court on June 30, 2014, decided Bur-well v Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc-a deeply divisive case. Holding that the federal government cannot lawfully mandate "closely held" for-prof it corporations to provide contraceptive coverage, the Court split 5-4 along ideological lines.1 The Court thus entered a political quagmire at the intersection of religious freedom, women's health, and corporate personhood.