Employers Allowed to Use Religious Beliefs to Refuse to Comply With Law Requiring Contraception Coverage
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–June 30, 2014. The U.S. Supreme Court today ruled in favor of closely-held corporations that sought an exemption to a federal law requiring employers to provide insurance coverage for contraception. The owners of the plaintiff companies – Hobby Lobby, an Oklahoma-based craft supply store chain, and Conestoga Wood Specialties, a Pennsylvania furniture company – cited religious objections to contraception as…
