AVAILABLE FOR COMMENT: CAP Experts on the Supreme Court’s Oral Arguments in Sebelius v. Hobby Lobby Stores

Washington, D.C. — On Tuesday, March 25, the U.S. Supreme Court begins hearing oral arguments in Sebelius v. Hobby Lobby Stores Inc. and Contestoga Wood Specialties Corp vs. Sebelius, cases that will have far reaching implications beyond deciding whether businesses have the right to withhold contraceptive insurance coverage. In advance of the oral arguments, the following legal, religion, and women’s health experts are available to comment on what the case means for reproductive rights, religious liberty, and future legal decisions:

• Bishop Gene Robinson, Senior Fellow
• Ian Millhiser, Senior Constitutional Policy Analyst for the Center for American Progress
• Donna Barry, Director, Women’s Health and Rights Program
• Joshua Field, Deputy Director, Legal Progress
• Laura E. Durso, Director, LGBT Research and Communications Project
• Tara Culp-Ressler, Health Editor, ThinkProgress (CAP Action)

Related resources:

• Discrimination? Corporate Loopholes? Law Avoidance? Hobby Lobby’s Potentially Slippery Slope by Joshua Field
• When ‘Religious Liberty’ Was Used To Deny All Health Care To Women And Not Just Birth Control by Ian Millhiser (ThinkProgress)
• Religious Leaders Speak Up In Support Of Obamacare’s Birth Control Coverage by Tara Culp-Ressler (ThinkProgress)
• If Hobby Lobby Wins, It Will Be Even Worse For Birth Control Access Than You Think by Tara Culp-Ressler (ThinkProgress)
• An Upcoming Supreme Court Case Could Impose Arizona’s Anti-Gay Bill On The Entire Country by Ian Millhiser (ThinkProgress)
• Infographic: Hobby Lobby’s Slippery Slope by Joshua Field

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