State Representative Kathleen Clyde says the bill would make sure Ohio companies would not be able to use religious freedom as Hobby Lobby did in a recent Supreme Court case as a way to prevent their employees from getting IUD’s and birth control pills.
“We have to act to protect women from interference by their employers in their personal, private health decisions," Clyde said. "We have to act because, plain and simple, your health care is not your boss’s business.”
Clyde says this bill would not go against the Supreme Court’s ruling because it affects private companies under limited parameters. The bill would also mandate that companies could not discriminate against employees because of their reproductive health care decisions.
Speaking with the Columbus Dispatch, a spokeswoman for Ohio Right to Life called this proposal a "political tool" meant to rouse support in the midterm elections, and said it wouldn't go anywhere in the legislature.
