
So, because they hate abortion so much, Hobby Lobby pushes an agenda that will result in more unwanted pregnancies and almost certainly increase abortion rates. And in order to make sure this ruling falls in line with their party’s political agenda, the justices on the fucking Supreme Court set a precedent that corporations can ignore federal law by simply claiming anything they don’t like is against their religion. Jesus fucking Christ…
One of the most disturbing aspects of this ruling is that it sets a precedent for allowing businesses to define medical terms. The four contraceptives the companies were suing against do not cause abortions. They prevent fertilization in the first place. Doctors and reproductive specialists testified to this point. But yet Justice Samuel Alito wrote “The owners of the businesses have religious objections to abortion, and according to their religious beliefs the four contraceptive methods at issue are abortifacients.” Read that carefully. Not the contraceptives ARE abortifacients, and therefore violate their religious beliefs. No, they are allowed to just decide for themselves if something is an abortion or not, despite having no medical expertise. Their religion gets to define what an abortion is.
What’s to stop their religion from defining what cancer is? What’s to stop their religion from defining a condition or disease as a God given punishment for which an operation or medicine could be seen as blasphemy? Or whether a psychological condition is actually demonic possession to be treated by a priest instead of a certified psychologist? The implications of this ruling are fucking chilling. This seems like an enormous step backwards, not just for women, but for science and medicine in this country. This disgusts me.