A few days ago The New York Times editorial board wrote “A
Missing Argument on Contraceptives” detailing an impending Supreme Court decision
on March twenty-fifth. Two companies Conestoga Wood Specialties and Hobby
Lobby, are both protesting the requirement to provide contraceptive coverage to
their employees in the name of their own religious beliefs.
I first read about this story when news broke of Hobby Lobby’s
threat/announcement that they would be closing down their stores should the
hearing not sway in their favor about eight months ago. Backlash from their announcement
also allowed religious minority groups to make serious statements about the
type of product Hobby Lobby keeps in stock, specifically the glaring lack of
products that are affiliated with any other religion other than Christianity. Hobby Lobby is constitutionally allowed to
pick and choose what they sell in their stores, and they sorely wish they could
pick and choose what health services they covered as well.
The New York Times article outlined how the Supreme Court decision
could sway, and it marks an essential moment for the ever growing rift between
church and state over contraceptives. The article does not mention how crucial
the Courts decision is to the continual steady growth of gender equality, but
it is. Women’s healthcare needs to become a non-issue and this decision will
take it one baby step closer to becoming one.
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