Ruth Bader Ginsburg: Male Justices Don't Understand
Hobby Lobby Effect On Women
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg told Katie Couric that she does not believe her
male colleagues who voted on behalf of Hobby Lobby realized the ramifications for women in that
decision.
“Contraception protection is something that every woman must have access to, to control her own
destiny," Ginsburg said. "I certainly respect the belief of the Hobby Lobby owners. On the other hand,
they have no Constitutional right to foist that belief on the hundreds and hundreds of women who work
for them who don’t share that belief. I have never seen the free exercise of religion clause interpreted
in such a way."
Couric asked if Ginsburg thought the five male justice who voted in the majority on behalf of Hobby
Lobby, “truly understood the ramifications of their decision.”
“I would have to say no,” Ginsburg said.
Hobby Lobby covers this: Male condoms Female condoms Diaphragms with spermicide Sponges with spermicide Cervical caps with spermicide Spermicide alone Birth-control pills with estrogen and progestin (“Combined Pill) Birth-control pills with progestin alone (“The Mini Pill) Birth control pills (extended/continuous use) Contraceptive patches Contraceptive rings Progestin injections Implantable rods Vasectomies Female sterilization surgeries Female sterilization implants Hobby lobby does not cover this: Plan B (“The Morning After Pill”) Ella (a similar type of “emergency contraception”) Copper Intra-Uterine Device IUD with progestin The SC decision is hardly an attack on contraceptive rights....Ginsburg is overstating for political effect. That said, I think the gov't should take over the contraceptive portion of healthcare..in the end, you'll spend a lot less on that than babies that are not wanted in the first place. |
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