As North Carolinians, we call on our elected representatives to sponsor legislation to close the loophole created by the Hobby Lobby decision that is depriving women of federally mandated benefits for contraceptive services. We don’t believe that bosses at for-profit companies should be able to impose their beliefs on the benefits provided to their employees.
Why is this important?
The Supreme Court ruled in the Hobby Lobby decision that closely held corporations can refuse to offer contraceptive coverage to their workers on religious grounds, siding with two businesses who say they’re morally opposed to certain types of birth control.
President Obama has called for Congress to remedy the situation by passing new legislation. Congress needs to take action to solve this problem that’s been created by the Hobby Lobby decision.
Why? 99 percent of U.S. women who use contraception at some point in their lives. As a result, unintended pregnancies have become increasingly concentrated among poor women who lack access to birth control.
Congress must act to restore insurance coverage of contraception benefits after Hobby Lobby’s big win in the Supreme Court. Call on our North Carolina representatives to be leaders on this issue.
Access to contraceptives is an incredibly important issue for low-income women. The unintended pregnancy rate for women living below the poverty level is more than five times as high as the rate for the women in the highest income level.
The Supreme Court created this problem, but Congress can fix it. The health of millions of American families hangs in the balance.
