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Hobby Lobby And Abortion
I agree with my finding that it doesn’t cause abortion, but what it does do is become a protective barrier between eggs and any sperm that inserts the vagina. If Hobby Lobby wants to makes these allegations that certain methods are causing abortion, then they should take their own money and do the research instead of basing it on religion and assumptions. By using the Rights-Based theory, it states in the second condition that an action is acceptable if in certain cases where everyone’s rights cannot be upheld, an action must protect the important ones. Under this, in the decision of Hobby Lobby, I would believe that the right to life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness and safety is more important than expressing one’s religion. In addition,

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