WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) released the following statement regarding today’s U.S. Supreme Court decision in Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc.:

"This decision represents an unprecedented power grab by the Supreme Court from Congress. The immediate outrageous effect is that women will now have decisions about their health care made by their bosses. The long term effect is the slow stamping out of representative democracy by five unelected men on the Supreme Court. Justice Ginsburg is right – this is a dangerous precedent that could be used by other religiously oriented businesses that object to other critical treatments. What will a future Court decide when another company objects to vaccinations, life-saving blood transfusions, or prenatal care for unmarried women? Simply put, businesses shouldn’t be allowed to impose their religious beliefs on their employees and women should be trusted to make decisions about their health in conjunction with their doctors, not their bosses.”