What's most staggering to me about this decision (I expect the GOP
justices to be horrible) is that it is fundamentally based on a denial
of science. Plan B is NOT an abortificant. The Pill is not an
abortificant and can actually extend a woman's fertility (
and can be
prescribed for literally dozens of medical conditions that have nothing
to do with sex). The SCOTUS has now made it possible for what someone
(or worse a corporation) believes to trump reality in decisions that
affect other individuals' lives. They have said that in the eyes of the
law religious belief is greater than the truth, that religion is more important than reality. This is a truly horrible decision that flies in the face of all precedent.
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"The absence of such precedent is just what
one would expect, for the exercise of religion is characteristic of
natural persons, not artificial legal entities," she wrote. She
concluded: "Indeed, approving some religious claims while deeming
others unworthy of accommodation could be 'perceived as favoring one
religion over another,' the very 'risk the Establishment Clause was
designed to preclude.' The Court, I fear has ventured into a minefield." [emphasis added]
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