this case available to women without cost. in the case of hobby lobby, have the women ever gotten coverage for those four drugs? there was a time in the past when the green family unknowingly covered one or two of those drugs, without realizing they did act as abortion-inducing drugs. hobby lobby has provided contraceptive coverage for its female employees for years and years before the affordable care act. so you re not taking anything away that hasn t been taken away for some time. judge, let me ask you, the question is whether this court is prepared to slam back an overreaching decision. this court is not prepared to slap back an overreaching administration, it has done so in profound ways.
nonprofits, in another circumstance. it remains to be seen if they will. but this they did go that route action then it would affect far, far fewer people. because white employers would no longer be offering it, that coverage would still be available. on that last point if they go that route, as far as i can see, it would literally affect no one. i want to read what the court said about it. and it seemed to be that anthony kennedy was betting on this. in his decision. that in practical terms, no woman will actually lose her coverage for contraception because of this point. it says, under the affordable care act religious employer accommodation, the insurance issuer must exclude contraceptive coverage from the employer s plan and provide plan participants with separate payments for contraceptive services without imposing any cost-sharing requirements on the employer, its insurance plan, or its employee beneficiaries.
woman who was attacked by a mcdonald s employee right in front of her own 2-year-old son. the entire beatdown caught on videotape. a telephone of course. police have been looking for 25-year-old lateya harris for about a week. now miss harris has decided to turn herself in. happened last night without incident. local police, state police, u.s. marshals had all been looking for her. now the woman on your screen is facing charges of aggravated assault and two counts of terroristic threats. another big story we re following, the potential impact of the supreme court ruling in that hobby lobby case. could that ruling, giving companies the permission to deny certain contraceptive coverage, could it open up future legal complications for things well beyond what was covered yesterday? could it open the door for discrimination in the workplace based on religious beliefs? got that story next. some come here to build something stronger.
martha: interesting inconsistencies, catherine. reporter: pretty significant. martha: thanks. eric: the white house this morning reactants the supreme court hobby lobby decision calling on congress to continue providing abortion related drugs. a small number of women who work for catholic employers. ed henry live on the west lawn with the latest on this. the white house is trying to push back because they are trying to rein in the executive powers. reporter: this a president seeing his wings clipped a bit on the executive power. you had 9-0 decision, this contraceptive coverage and what is particularly interesting is josh earnest sang the constitutional law professor in the oval office disagrees with the supreme court and wants congress to fix this in terms of contraception coverage. that is the opposite of what they said when he backs the law.
that s why allstate gives you money back every year you don t have one. [ alarm wailing, dog barking ] whoops. claim-free rewards from allstate. your home protects you, protect it back. and we re back. the supreme court s 5-4 decision yesterday that family corporations do not have to pay for contraceptive coverage for employees garnered powerful reactions from all sides. former secretary of state hillary clinton speaking at the aspen ideas festival yesterday called the ruling, quote, deeply disturbing. there should be a real outcry against this kind of decision, and there will be many more now.