Unbelievable. I moved back to the States a year after Washington State legalized gay marriage and recreational marijuana all in one fell swoop and today the Supreme Court of the United States just issued their ruling in Burwell v. Hobby Lobby and 5 to 4 the justices favored Hobby Lobby.

Basically the ruling boils down to this: <a title="Mother Jones and Burwell v. Hobby Lobby" href="http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2014/06/best-lines-hobby-lobby-decision" target="_blank">the government can't require certain employers to provide insurance coverage for methods of birth control and emergency contraception that conflict with their religious beliefs</a>.

Sweet baby Jesus.

Women deserve better than this. Much better than this.

It is really hard to believe that this has just happened in the United States in the 21st century. We are fighting over birth control--in a country that has the worst paid maternity leave in the quote-unquote first world.

This whole thing is disgusting.

The only redeeming thing to come from all of this? Ruth Bader Ginsburg's dissenting opinion. You can read the whole thing <a title="Supreme Court Ruling" href="http://www.motherjones.com/mojo/2014/06/supreme-court-hobby-lobby-ruling-document" target="_blank">here</a>. Ginsburg's dissent starts on page 60 and is beautifully written and carefully argued.

The fact that she has to write this infuriates me.

All of this about women's health? We fear birth control this much and we desire to control women's bodies this much? So much that the Supreme Court is now in the business of regulating our access to both of these things.

What's wrong with this country?!