Is Hobby Lobby Really Banning Birth Control and Preventing Its Workers From ‘Being Able to Make Their Own Health Care Decisions’?

By: American Decency Staff

Confusion and sweeping statements have abounded in the wake of the Supreme Court’s Burwell vs. Hobby Lobby ruling that bars the government from forcing small companies with religious objections to provide controversial birth control devices for employees.

Hobby Lobby, a craft store chain, has been hit by critics who are accusing the company of rolling back women’s rights, with claims that the high court’s ruling “jeopardizes basic health care coverage,” as Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) charged.

And Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee, issued similar comments Monday.

“This is a stifling decision for American women. It’s a decision that blocks women from being able to make their own health care decisions,” she said. “This is deeply troubling, because you have organized religions that oppose health care, period.”

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