hobby lobby set to argue to block health care law

[xchrom]

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_HOBBY_LOBBY_BIRTH_CONTROL?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2012-11-01-07-39-07

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) -- An arts and craft supply chain that wants to block enforcement of part of a new health care law that requires employers to cover insurance costs for the morning-after pill and the week-after pill is heading to court.

Lawyers for the Oklahoma-based Hobby Lobby Stores say the federal law is unconstitutional and violates the company's owners' religious beliefs by forcing them to fund the pills, which they say effectively cause an abortion. The company says failure to provide such insurance could lead to fines of up to $1.3 million a day.

The U.S. District Court in Oklahoma City is scheduled to hear the company's arguments in favor of an injunction Thursday.

[Angry Dragon]

1. So don't be in business

[Wednesdays]

2. Didn't the courts already decide this issue?

[HockeyMom]

3. Morning After Pill prevents conception

not cause abortion.

[RC]

4. Since when is Hobby Lobby in the medical profession?

This is a woman's health issue, not a business decision to be decided in the Board Room.

Edited to add: Where is Single Payer, universal Health Care when you need it? Get rid of the middle man, the health insurance companies. Then shit like this can't happen.

[ananda]

5. This worries me.

It's Oklahoma. I wonder how the court is comprised.

[Fearless]

6. Companies have no right to push their beliefs on their employees.

They are wrong. Period.

[Barack_America]

7. Good to know.

I will no longer shop at their stores now that I know their position on women's reproductive rights.

[kysrsoze]

8. F*** those bible-thumping scumbags. I will never spend a dime there. The place sucks anyway

I've never seen another place that sells broken, unusable items for 10% off regular price.