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Comprehensive contraceptive coverage. religious organizations like churches and mosques are exempt from the rule, but corporations are not. hobby lobby, a chain of craft stores with more than 15,000 employees. >> a christian owned business argues it should not be forced to pay for emergency contraception for its employees. >> a men men it owned -- it shouldn't have to provide birth control coverage to its 950 employees on religious grounds. >> the owners of these companies are making the incredibly radical claim that their corporations have religious rights under the first amendment, that the ...

Offer free birth control coverage. >> the affordable care act, violates liberties. >> the question is hobby lobby a person. >> corporations are people, my friend. >> the line by mitt romney. >> essentially the question. >> can a for profit business deny birth control or coverage for that matter. >> this was anner to debated through 2012. >> let's talk about the birth control fight. >> it means you are a slut, right? >> girls put it between their netz. it wasn't that costly. >> how far will this go? >> this will set a dangerous precedent. >> personify corporations. >> corporations are people, m...

President's signature health care law. now, this time it involves coverage for contraception specifically. the specific issue is this. can businesses refuse to offer birth control coverage based on religious objections? it's a church versus state debate. out front tonight is our political director mark preston. mark the question i had all day was trying to understand this. when you hear about obama care going to the supreme court you get a flash back and you think the entire law itself is at stake. if the supreme court strikes down obama care's mandate to include contraceptives, would that mea...

Contraception mandate on the basis that it violates the company any religious beliefs. that's right, the company any religious beliefs. the mandate requires companies with 50 or more workers to provide health insurance policies with birth control coverage for women. en one cain one case the tenth t ruled hobby lobby did not have to follow the mandate based on the supreme court's citizens united decision arguing that a corporation's first amendment protections extend to religious liberties. but in the second case, the third circuit court ruled against a cabinetry company owned by a mennonite fa...

Testified in favor of birth control coverage she wasn't criticized for trying to curtail religious freedom, she was called a slut and a prostitute. the fda held up contraception, it wasn't because of the efficacy but because of a fear it would make girls promiscuous. so is this really all about sexism? >> no, i think this is not about religious freedom, it's about sexism. if we look at viagra, for example, i don't see companies having trouble insuring viagra for unmarried men and yet birth control is something that has substantive health benefits for women and is still under so much scrutiny. ...