Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc.

=== Hobby Lobby Stores and Conestoga Wood Specialties ===
[[Hobby Lobby]] is an arts and crafts company founded by billionaire<ref>{{cite news|last1=O'Connor|first1=Clare|title=Hobby Lobby Fallout: Catholic Soy Milk Mogul Won't Cover Drugs That 'Prevent Procreation'|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/clareoconnor/2014/07/03/hobby-lobby-fallout-catholic-soy-milk-mogul-wont-cover-drugs-that-prevent-procreation/|access-date=Jul 7, 2014|work=Forbes|date=Jul 3, 2014|archive-date=July 7, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140707015102/http://www.forbes.com/sites/clareoconnor/2014/07/03/hobby-lobby-fallout-catholic-soy-milk-mogul-wont-cover-drugs-that-prevent-procreation/|url-status=live}}</ref> [[David Green (entrepreneur)|David Green]] and owned by the [[Evangelical Christian]] Green family with about 21,000 employees.<ref name=CNN/> It provided health insurance covering the contraceptives  [[Levonorgestrel|Plan-B]] and [[Ulipristal acetate|Ella]] until it dropped its coverage in 2012, the year it filed its lawsuit.<ref>{{cite news|last=Woodward|first=Brian|title=Hobby Lobby provided emergency contraceptives before they opposed them|url=http://www.reddirtreport.com/prairie-opinions/hobby-lobby-provided-emergency-contraceptives-they-opposed-them|access-date=March 30, 2014|newspaper=Red Dirt Report|date=March 27, 2014|archive-date=March 31, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140331045311/http://www.reddirtreport.com/prairie-opinions/hobby-lobby-provided-emergency-contraceptives-they-opposed-them|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Rutten|first=Tim|title=Hobby Lobby case could cause huge legal, social disruption: Tim Rutten|url=http://www.dailynews.com/opinion/20140328/hobby-lobby-case-could-cause-huge-legal-social-disruption-tim-rutten|access-date=March 30, 2014|newspaper=Los Angeles Daily News|date=March 28, 2014|archive-date=May 14, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140514135556/http://www.dailynews.com/opinion/20140328/hobby-lobby-case-could-cause-huge-legal-social-disruption-tim-rutten|url-status=live}}</ref>  The Hobby Lobby case also involved Mardel Christian and Educational Supply, which is owned by [[Mart Green]], one of David's sons.

Hobby Lobby's case was consolidated with another case by [[Conestoga Wood Specialties]], a furniture company owned by the [[Mennonite]] Hahn family that has about 1,000 employees, represented by the [[Alliance Defending Freedom]].<ref>{{cite web|last1=Cassidy|first1=Suzanne|title=Meet the major legal players in the Conestoga Wood Specialties Supreme Court case|url=http://lancasteronline.com/news/local/meet-the-major-legal-players-in-the-conestoga-wood-specialties/article_302bc8e2-b379-11e3-b669-001a4bcf6878.html|website=Lancaster Online|access-date=30 January 2015|archive-date=1 March 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170301035324/http://lancasteronline.com/news/local/meet-the-major-legal-players-in-the-conestoga-wood-specialties/article_302bc8e2-b379-11e3-b669-001a4bcf6878.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

==== Specific contraceptives contested by plaintiffs ====
The plaintiffs believed that life began at [[Fertilisation|conception]] which they equated to [[fertilization]], and objected to their businesses providing health insurance coverage to their female employees of four [[Food and Drug Administration|FDA]]-approved [[birth control|contraceptives]] that the plaintiffs believed prevented [[implantation (human embryo)|implantation of a fertilized egg]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Carroll|first=Aaron E.|date=June 30, 2014|title=How Hobby Lobby ruling could limit access to birth control|newspaper=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/02/upshot/how-hobby-lobby-ruling-could-limit-access-to-birth-control.html|access-date=July 2, 2014|archive-date=July 1, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140701182059/http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/02/upshot/how-hobby-lobby-ruling-could-limit-access-to-birth-control.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The plaintiffs believed the following forms of birth control constituted an [[abortion]]:<ref>{{cite news|last=Liptak|first=Adam|date=June 30, 2014|title=Supreme Court rejects contraceptives mandate for some corporations. Justices rule in favor of Hobby Lobby|newspaper=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/01/us/hobby-lobby-case-supreme-court-contraception.html|access-date=July 2, 2014|archive-date=July 1, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140701141819/http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/01/us/hobby-lobby-case-supreme-court-contraception.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Barnes|first=Robert|date=June 30, 2014|title=Supreme Court sides with employers over birth control mandate|newspaper=The Washington Post|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/supreme-court-sides-with-employers-over-birth-control-mandate/2014/06/30/852e5c84-fc61-11e3-b1f4-8e77c632c07b_story.html|access-date=July 2, 2014|archive-date=July 1, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140701174801/http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/supreme-court-sides-with-employers-over-birth-control-mandate/2014/06/30/852e5c84-fc61-11e3-b1f4-8e77c632c07b_story.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Richey|first=Warren|date=June 30, 2014|title=Supreme Court rules against contraceptive mandate in Hobby Lobby case|newspaper=The Christian Science Monitor|url=http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Justice/2014/0630/Supreme-Court-rules-against-contraceptive-mandate-in-Hobby-Lobby-case-video|access-date=July 4, 2014|archive-date=July 4, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140704113327/http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Justice/2014/0630/Supreme-Court-rules-against-contraceptive-mandate-in-Hobby-Lobby-case-video|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Emergency contraception|Emergency contraceptive]] pills
** [[levonorgestrel]] (sold under the brand name Plan B among others)
** [[ulipristal acetate]] (sold under the brand name Ella among others)
* [[Intrauterine device]]s (IUDs)
** [[copper IUD]]s (sold under the brand name ParaGard among others)
** [[Hormonal IUDs]] (sold under the brand names Mirena and Skyla among others)