Burwell V. Hobby Lobby Case Study

In 2012, a family called the Greens ran Hobby Lobby, which is a craft store. This family are Christians and have strong faith in what they believe in. Being a very religious family, that they believe that giving or promoting contraceptives, will make them seem as if they are going against their own belief (Oyez, 2013). Contraceptives are artificial methods or various techniques to prevent pregnancy due to sexual intercourse, so the Greens family refuse to provide those things to their workers. This is where the Greens family is furious to give these types of protection to their workers, so they sued.
This case was called Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc. The family is going against employment-based health care plans that are under the patient
She believes that the Hobby Lobby case and the decision will open up more corporations to “opt out of any law” (Ginsburg, 2014). That allows the people behind the corporation also known as the owners could potentially harm the workers. Ruth Ginsburg states that the key difference between for-profit and nonprofit corporations is that non-profit corporations can claim to be a unified community, while for-profit corporations will vary in views and needs from the owners and the employees. That the religious objections against certain protections could harm their employees by not giving them the healthcare protection they need that is protected under ACA. Things that could be taken away from workers that are very important for someone’s well being is blood transfusions, vaccines, and pills with gelatin coating; all of these things could offend the Jehovah’s Witness, Christian Scientists, Muslims, Jews, and Hindus (Oyez,
By allowing owners from for-profit corporations to be protected based on their religion rather than the health care needs of their employees has affected both Hobby Lobby employees and other for-profit corporations (American process, 2014). There was an immediate effect right after the decision almost 23,000 Hobby Lobby employees. This did not only affect the employees but as well as their spouses and children ( American Process, 2014). The Greens family win on their lawsuit has made many more for-profit corporations to challenge the Affordable Care Act due to it being applied to all for-profit corporations. At least 9,000 more Americans will have to deal with their health care restricted because of the religious beliefs of the owners ( American Process, 2014). Even though the lawsuit is restricted to only for closely held corporations, but almost 90 percent of the businesses in the U.S are closely held corporations and as much as 52 percent of workers in the U.S work at closely held companies (American Process,