The 82 Employers Who Want to Deny Birth Control Coverage

In the case of Burwell v. Hobby Lobby, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled for the first time ever that bosses have the power to deny basic health coverage to their employees.  While we don’t yet know exactly how many women will lose coverage of their contraceptive care, we do know that Justice Samuel Alito’s decision was certainly not “narrow.”  It opened the door to allow many employers to deny coverage for any type of birth control to their employees.

Just how many  organizations are challenging the Affordable Care Act (ACA)'s contraception mandate?  The count stands at a whopping 82 — so far, according to The Daily Beast. Scroll through the list of companies, nonprofits, and universities below.

Just try not to wear out your finger before you get to the most important part: 

List of Organizations challenging ACA’s contraception mandate, as of June 26

(*= Both Nonprofit Profit cases)
Source: The Daily Beast, published 6/30/14

1. Tyndale House
2. Freshway Foods
3. Johnson Welded Products
4. Willis & Willis PC
5. Trijicon, Inc.
6. Barron Industries
7. Midwest Fastener Corp.
8. Electrolock Inc.
9. Zumbiel Packaging
10. Encompass Develop, Design & Construct, LLC.
11. Holland Chevrolet
12. Autocam Corporation
13. Domino’s Farms
14. Mersino Management
15. Eden Foods Incorporated
16. MK Chambers Company
17. M&N Plastics
18. Mersino Dewatering, Inc.
19. Korte & Luitjohan Contractors, Inc.
20. Triune Health Group
21. Grote Industries
22. Tonn and Blank Construction
23. Lindsay, Rappaport and Postel, LLC
24. Hart Electric, LLC
25. Ozinga Brothers
26. O’Brien Industrial Holdings
27. American Pulverizer Company
28. Annex Medical Inc.
29. Sioux Chief Mfg. Co., Inc. 
30. American Mfg. Company
31. Bick Holdings, Inc.
32. SMA, LLC
33. QC Group
34. Feltl and Co.
35. Randy Reed Automotive
36. Doboszenski & Sons, Inc.
37. Hastings Automotive
38. Stinson Electric
39. Hercules Industries, Inc.
40. Continuum Health Partnerships & Connessione
41. Cherry Creek Mortgage Co.
42. Beckwith Electric Co.
43. Geneva College*
44. Weingartz Supply Company*
45. Sharpe Holdings, Inc.*
46. Catholic Benefits Association*

[NONPROFITS]

47. Belmont Abbey College
48. Wheaton College 
49. Roman Catholic Archbishop of Washington
50. Priests for Life 
51. Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York
52. Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia, et al.
53. Louisiana College
54. Roman Catholic Diocese of Fort Worth 
55. Roman Catholic Diocese of Biloxi 
56. East Texas Baptist University
57. Catholic Diocese of Beaumont 
58. Michigan Catholic Conference
59. Right to Life of Michigan
60. Catholic Diocese of Nashville
61. Ave Maria Foundation 
62. Union University 
63. University of Notre Dame 
64. Catholic Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend
65. Grace Schools 
66. Archdiocese of St. Louis 
67. School of the Ozarks
68. Dordt College 
69. Colorado Christian University
70. Southern Nazarene University
71. Little Sisters of the Poor 
72. Reaching Souls International
73. Fellowship of Catholic University Students 
74. Diocese of Cheyenne 
75. Eternal World Television Network 
76. Ave Maria University 
77. Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Atlanta 
78. Persico (Roman Catholic Diocese of Erie, Pennsylvania)
79. Zubik (Roman Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) 
80. Brandt (Roman Catholic Diocese of Greensburg, Pennsylvania) 
81. James Dobson (Family Talk radio show and ministry)
82. Ave Maria School of Law

 

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