Hobby Lobby Case Study

The petition I chose is titled “Provide equal health benefits for women!” The petition was created because recently the popular company Hobby Lobby has decided not to cover birth control under their health insurance. Hobby Lobby has chosen not to cover birth control because they claim that certain contraceptives are abortion, which is against their religious belief. Hobby Lobby is a heavily Christian oriented company, and most Christians are anti-abortion. The problem is that Hobby Lobby’s employees are paying for the insurance, but don’t get birth control covered under their health plan. How is a company supposed to decide for women that they cannot receive birth control under their health insurance because of their religious belief? Hobby Lobby’s beliefs should not be taking away a woman’s medical product that could possibly be a necessity to …show more content…
Erica Moore, the creator of this petition, makes a good point in the petition. She says “If Hobby Lobby can dictate a woman’s health benefits a woman should be able to choose her own health insurance (which she can’t).” This is a valid point because most often men are the ones creating healthcare plans. How is a man supposed to understand the pain of menstrual cramps? How is a man supposed to know how it feels to have an ovarian cyst? They don’t know these feelings and will never experience them. So if a man doesn’t know all the positive ways birth control or contraceptives work, how can he dictate such laws or restrictions against them? Hobby Lobby’s Christian values are playing a major role in their decision to not cover contraception, which is something they have the right to believe in, but what about their employees? Their employees could be of various religious backgrounds with different views on contraception, so how it is fair that Hobby Lobby’s religious beliefs are above their