FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
June 30, 2014
CONTACT: Brooke Anderson, ACLU of Alabama, 334-420-1750, [email protected]
MONTGOMERY, Ala. - The following is a statement from Susan Watson, executive director of the ACLU of Alabama, regarding today's SCOTUS ruling in Burwell v. Hobby Lobby/Conestoga Wood Specialties v. Burwell.
"Although religious freedom is a fundamental right, it does not include the right to impose your beliefs on others. Today’s Supreme Court ruling is totally unprecedented and the majority got it wrong.
To that end, we do not believe that the non-profit organizations that are making similar arguments will prevail because the Supreme Court indicated in today’s ruling that the same type of accommodations given to non-profits could be extended to for-profit companies as well; two federal courts of appeals have already ruled that the accommodation of filling out a form opting out and having the insurance company provide the contraception is not a substantial burden on religious beliefs."
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