Standing up for the Not My Boss's Business Act

Washington, D.C.– “Last month the Supreme Court delivered a critical blow to women’s health in Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc. In that ruling the Court determined that closely-held, for-profit corporations can deny their women employees access to contraceptives based on the corporation’s religious objections. In a 5-4 decision (5 men voting in favor) the Court has decided that for-profit corporations are ‘people’ with religious rights and that those rights can trump the rights guaranteed to women under the Affordable Care Act.

We must fight against this assault on women’s rights. That’s why I joined with my Congressional Democratic colleagues today in an effort to bring a bill to the floor that would right the Court's wrong and ensure women’s access to health care. My colleagues and I tried to bring the Not My Boss’s Business Act to the House floor for a vote. The legislation would prevent for-profit corporations from interfering with a woman’s right to coverage for contraceptive services and other health services required by law – leaving the decision whether to use contraceptives up to a woman and her doctor, not her boss.

We know that 99 percent of women, and 98 percent of Catholic women, use contraceptives at some point in their lives. A vast majority of the American people believe women’s access to contraception should not be decided by judges, politicians or corporate executives.

As members of Congress, House Democrats recognize that we work for the American people and our actions should reflect their needs. My colleagues and I will continue to fight for women and their right to receive the care they need. A woman’s health is not her boss’s business.”

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