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"Senate Democrats are trying to quash last week&amp;#x27;s Hobby Lobby decision, in which the Supreme Court ruled 5-4 that closely held corporations can deny you access to health insurance coverage for birth control if it conflicts with the employer&amp;#x27;s religious beliefs. The court&amp;#x27;s decision came as a surprise to many, considering that coverage for all FDA-approved contraception was supposed to be guaranteed under the Affordable Care Act, widely known as Obamacare. Senator Patty Murray Today, Democrats unveiled legislation that would require most employers&amp;amp;mdash;houses of worship and religious nonprofits would get a pass&amp;amp;mdash;to provide coverage for all FDA-approved methods of contraception, no matter what their religious beliefs. &amp;quot;The one thing we&amp;#x27;re going to do during this work period, sooner rather than later, is to ensure that women&amp;#x27;s lives are not determined by virtue of five white men,&amp;quot; Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) said during a news conference, as reported by The New York Times. &amp;quot;This Hobby Lobby decision is outrageous, and we&amp;#x27;re going to do something about it. People are going to have to walk down here and vote, and if they vote with the five men on the Supreme Court, I think it&amp;#x27;s&amp;amp;mdash;they&amp;#x27;re going to have&amp;amp;mdash;be treated unfavorably come November with the elections.&amp;quot; The bill&amp;amp;mdash;to be introduced by Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.)&amp;amp;mdash;could come up for vote as early as next week. &amp;quot;Your health care decisions are not your boss&amp;#x27;s business,&amp;quot; Murray told the Times on Tuesday. &amp;quot;Since the Supreme Court decided it will not protect women&amp;#x27;s access to health, I will.&amp;quot; Though the Senate is Democrat-controlled, the bill&amp;#x27;s chances of passing are iffy in an election year, when Democrats in more conservative states are particularly fearful of backlash. As the Washington Post noted, other bills &amp;quot;that would have codified major Democratic positions into law,&amp;quot; such as raising minimum wage, haven&amp;#x27;t passed this year. It&amp;#x27;s big week for women&amp;#x27;s health in the Senate. Politico.com reports that this week, the Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing on the Women&amp;#x27;s Health Protection Act of 2013, which would make null all regulations on abortion that, as the bill states, &amp;quot;are more burdensome than those restriction imposed on medically comparable procedures&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;make abortion services more difficult to access.&amp;quot; In other words, it would prevent local or state government from limiting access to abortion. What do you think about this effort by Senate Democrats to override the Supreme Court decision in the Hobby Lobby case? Share in the comments below."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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