
US Supreme Court will review health law’s provision on insurance for contraceptives
WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court has agreed to referee another dispute over President Barack Obama’s troubled health care law, whether businesses can use religious objections to escape a requirement to cover birth control for employees.
The justices said Tuesday they will take up an issue that has divided the lower courts in the face of roughly 40 lawsuits from for-profit companies asking to be spared from having to cover some or all forms of contraception.
The court will consider two cases. One involves Hobby Lobby Inc., an arts and crafts chain with 13,000 full-time employees. Hobby Lobby won in the lower courts.
The other case is an appeal from Conestoga Wood Specialties Corp., a company that employs 950 people in making wood cabinets. Lower courts rejected the company’s claims.
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