A Missouri state legislature is taking his fight against birth control to a new level in light of the Supreme Court's landmark ruling in the Hobby Lobby case, which gave companies the power to deny coverage of birth control in their health insurance plans.
The U.S. Supreme Court’s job performance has divided public opinion. According to a Gallup Poll, 47 percent of just over 1,000 adults, ages 18 and older, approved of the Supreme Court’s assessments, which is consistent to 2013’s 46 percent positive rating.
Senate Democrats introduced new legislation Wednesday to combat the Supreme Court's Hobby Lobby ruling, which allows certain businesses to deny coverage for contraception to female employees.
On Tuesday, Senate Democrats pledged to stand up for women's right to access free birth control by fighting against the recent Supreme Court ruling that exempts "closely held" companies from offering their workers contraceptive coverage under the Affordable Care Act if doing so violates their religious beliefs.
Following this week's U.S. Supreme Court decisions on the Hobby Lobby and Wheaton College cases, the three female justices issued a strongly worded statement that blasted the rulings and warned of the impact they could cause.
In spite of the major blow the Supreme Court struck to women's reproductive rights with its Burwell v. Hobby Lobby decision this week, President Barack Obama's health law is helping more women get free birth control.
Hobby Lobby, a craft store chain, won a groundbreaking and controversial case in the U.S. Supreme Court earlier this week regarding contraception coverage to its employees.
Important takeaways from the "Game Changer" workshop and the entire Voto Latino Power Summit event were as vast and broad as the varying interests, concerns, and needs of the Latino community; yet there were some standout impressions: the importance of Spanish-speakers and Spanish-speaking experts at events looking to target Latinos is paramount; recognizing that younger generations are the door to the older generations -- this is important when trying to attract older generations to causes and offers that are only present online; and vice versa: as older generations are identified as the number one factor in pushing Latino millennials to get healthcare.
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court Sonia Sotomayor, first Hispanic justice and third female justice and of the United States, as well as Elena Kagan and Ruth Bader Ginsburg spoke out on Tuesday during the the Sebelius v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc. case.
As the U.S. Supreme Court debated Tuesday about whether for-profit companies could refuse the Affordable Care Act's mandate for contraception coverage to its employees citing religious beliefs, Hobby Lobby became part of a list of organizations to publicly take a religiously conservative stance on socioeconomic topics.
On Tuesday, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments regarding the Affordable Care Act's requirement that for-profit corporations provide insurance coverage for contraception, according to the "New York Times."
