Congresswoman Lois Frankel took to the House floor yesterday to address Hobby Lobby vs. Sebelius, which challenges the Affordable Care Act’s contraceptive coverage policy.

For the video of Frankel’s remarks click here and below please find her remarks as delivered on the House floor.

Mr. Speaker tomorrow is a big day for the women of this country.  The United States Supreme Court will hear oral argument in a case called Hobby Lobby versus Sebelius.

The Affordable Care Act mandates that employers provide health care for their employees that covers all forms of contraception at no cost. However, Hobby Lobby and other for-profit corporations contend its "religious beliefs prohibit them from providing health coverage for contraceptive drugs and devices that end human life after conception."

I respectfully suggest Mr. Speaker, that what is at stake is not the religious freedom of a corporation but the life and liberty and ability to pursue happiness by our daughters, our sisters, and our mothers.

Employers belong in the workplace, not in the doctor's office. There is no more crucial right for women and their families, than the ability for women to be in control of their own bodies. The decision to use birth control is a conversation between a woman and her physician not a woman and her boss.

Thank you Mr. Speaker and I yield the rest of my time. 

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