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Supreme Court Grapples With Contraception Case

Heather Navarro |
March 25, 2014 | 4:01 p.m. PDT

Executive Producer

The Supreme Court struggled Tuesday over the great pill debate and whether corporations, religious or not, must provide birth control to their workers under the Affordable Care Act.

A New Orleans resident dressed as birth control pills danced in front of the Supreme Court building where oral arguments were heard March 25. (Getty Images)
A New Orleans resident dressed as birth control pills danced in front of the Supreme Court building where oral arguments were heard March 25. (Getty Images)

As expected, justices were divided along ideological lines, the New York Times reported.

The majority of justices seemed to not want to force for-profit corporations to provide health coverage with bill control, USA Today reported.

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The discussion comes as the March 31 deadline looms for Americans to apply or find health coverage, or face paying a fee.

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