Update: Bill Passes Alabama House That Would Let Bosses Make Your Reproductive Health Care Decisions

Earlier this month, we told you about a bill introduced in the Alabama House of Representatives that would let bosses use their religion to discriminate against female employees and make decisions about their reproductive health care. Unfortunately, the House passed H.B. 108 last week, and it is scheduled for a public hearing in the Senate today at 11:30 a.m.

Alabama politicians who support H.B. 108 claim that it’s about religious freedom. But true religious freedom means that that everyone—not just bosses—is entitled to their own beliefs and to make personal decisions, including if and when to use prescription birth control, based on those beliefs.