A rally with supporters of religious freedom to praise the Supreme Court’s decision in the Hobby Lobby contraception coverage requirement case on June 30, 2014 in Chicago, Illinois/AFP
In a 5-4 decision, the court ruled in favor of Hobby Lobby, an Oklahoma-based chain of arts and crafts stores whose devout Christian owners, the Green family, balked at implementing the contraception portion of President Barack Obama’s health care reforms.
“Our family is overjoyed by the Supreme Court’s decision,” said Hobby Lobby co-founder Barbara Green as anti-abortion activists cheered the outcome at the Supreme Court steps.
“The Court’s decision is a victory not just for our family business, but for all who seek to live out their faith,” added Green in a statement.
It was the first legal test of specific provisions of the Affordable Care Act, better known as Obamacare, which seeks to extend health insurance to all Americans – and which the Supreme Court in 2012 deemed constitutional.
Under Obamacare, religious employers – notably the Roman Catholic Church, which fiercely opposes contraception – don’t have to include birth control in their employee health care plans.
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