Can Religious Groups Ignore All Laws They Don’t Like?

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6. It implies a semi-feudal right of ownership of the employee's health

"It amounts to a “hijacking” of their health plans, he argued, a phrase later parroted by Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Anthony Kennedy"

The health plans belong to each employee, surely? Their life, their health. An employer has a duty, thanks to the American system, of care, which means contributing to funding (which is in their own interest anyway). But the health plan has to keep the employee alive and health 24 hours a day, not just at work. The idea that an employee can 'hijack' their own health plan by getting an insurer and the government to arrange contraceptive coverage seems to show they regard employers as having a lien on employees' bodies.