Women’s groups want Congress to amend law to nullify Hobby Lobby ruling

By: American Decency Staff

When it comes to birth control coverage, the U.S. Supreme Court doesn’t get the final say — at least that’s what women’s rights groups and certain members of Congress are hoping.

They claim they have a trump card — legislative action — and it just got played.

Two U.S. senators from Washington and Colorado introduced legislation today to undo the landmark Hobby Lobby ruling that lets certain employers opt out of paying for some types of birth control on religious grounds. U.S. Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., is a co-sponsor of the bill, known as the Protect Women’s Health from Corporate Interference Act, which would reinstate access to birth control coverage for women at certain private companies.

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