How Civil-Rights Law Could Overturn Hobby Lobby
Call the denial of contraceptive coverage what it is: discrimination.
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In Burwell v. Hobby Lobby, an all-male U.S. Supreme Court majority granted exemptions to "closely held corporations" that refuse to offer contraceptive coverage in employee health plans. In response, many have thrown up their hands, asking, Why should women have any faith in the law if it can't even protect us from this?
But here's the thing: It does. Employers who single out contraceptives as undeserving of coverage don't only violate ethical expectations of gender equality. They also violate federal anti-discrimination law.