Horrified By Religious Liberty: ABC/CBS Fear SCOTUS Contraception Ruling

Nicholas Fondacaro | July 8, 2020
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The networks finally broke their weeks-long blackout of every conservative win in the U.S. Supreme Court this session. Among Wednesday’s decisions were two religious liberty rulings that went decisively in conservatives’ favor: hiring/firing practices and opting out of ObamaCare’s contraception coverage mandate. Of course, ABC, CBS, and NBC covered only the latter, with ABC and CBS expressing direct fear of women losing such coverage from their employer.

As many as 125,000 women could lose contraceptive coverage from their employer-sponsored health insurance after a Supreme Court ruling today,” announced CBS Evening News anchor Norah O’Donnell, rhetorically clutching her pearls. “The 7-2 majority included Chief Justice John Roberts, who we just learned suffered an injury last month.”

After first reporting on the Chief Justice’s health and recalling that he “has played a dominant role this term, siding with his liberal colleagues on landmark decisions,” CBS legal correspondent Jan Crawford ignored his other instances of siding with conservatives this session and said:

Wednesday he was back voting with conservatives in two religion cases, siding with the Trump administration to allow employers with religious or moral objections to opt out of providing free contraceptive coverage under the Affordable Care Act.

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