Nationwide Protests at Hobby Lobby Following Supreme Court Decision

By JoAnne Pow!ers

Advocates for workers’ rights joined with a wide coalition of activists last week, including supporters of women’s reproductive rights and access to healthcare for all, to protest at Hobby Lobby stores across the nation.  The protests come on the heels of last Monday’s U.S. Supreme Court Decision, in which the court ruled that the religious convictions of the company’s owners meant that it did not have to follow provisions of the Federal Affordable Care Act requiring employee health care plans to provide contraception coverage.