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http://www.npr.org/2014/07/04/328373988/individual-conscience-and-society-collide-over-contraceptionOn Monday, the court ruled that businesses can opt out of covering contraceptives under the new health care law because of religious objections to birth control. The court suggested that businesses can file a form with their insurer claiming an exemption based on religious beliefs. That's an alternative that nonprofits like schools and hospitals are already using. And it could give women access to contraception. But yesterday, the court went even further in a case that's still on appeal. It said a Christian college in Illinois could skip the form and simply write a letter to the federal government. The college claims that filling out the form to an insurer makes it complicit in providing birth control. The courts three female justices were not happy. In their dissent, Justice Sonia Sotomayor wrote that the court, quote, "retreats from the position it took on Monday."
More here http://www.forbes.com/sites/kellyph...raception-mandate-but-its-not-what-you-think/