The Supreme Court ruled 5-4 on June 30 that closely held corporations could not be required under the law to cover the cost of employees’ abortifacients.

Citing the Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993, which was authored by Democrats and signed into law by President Bill Clinton, the Supreme Court said closely held corporations, defined by the IRS as a business run by five or fewer individuals owning more that 50 percent of a company’s stock, could opt out of covering products that work specifically “postfertilization” (as opposed to contraception that merely prevents fertilization).