Everything You Need To Know About The Contraception Challenge to Obamacare The Supreme Court announced today it would hear a challenge to a provision of the Affordable Care Act that requires certain employers to provide health insurance coverage of FDA-approved contraceptives including the so-called morning after pill and the week-after pill. In a statement the court announced that it was taking up two different cases from for-profit corporations who argue the so-called "contraceptive mandate" violates their religious beliefs. One case involves Conestoga Wood Specialties Corp., owned by the Hahn family of Pennsylvania. They are practicing Mennonites who say they want to run their wholesale manufacturer of custom wood kitchen cabinet parts in a manner that reflects their religious beliefs. Another case concerns Hobby Lobby, a craft store chain with about 13,000 employees. Hobby Lobby, owned by the Green family, says that while it has no moral objection to the use of 16 of 20 preventive contraceptives required in the mandate it cannot provide or pay for four of the drugs including Plan B and Ella, the so-called morning-after pill and the week-after pill. Lawyers for Hobby Lobby say that their clients are forced to either violate their faith by covering the mandated contraceptives or pay crippling penalties. "It would not be consistent for us to live one way at home and accept a different way at work," says Steve Green, President of Hobby Lobby in a video provided by his lawyers. The Obama administration defends the regulations arguing that the mandate promotes public health, and that for -profit corporate respondents -like Hobby Lobby-are not "persons" within the meaning of RFRA. "The court is Appeals decision is incorrect," Solicitor General Donald Verrilli wrote in court papers, "and would transform RFRA from a shield for individuals and religious institutions into a sword used to deny employees of for-profit commercial enterprises the benefits and protections of generally applicable laws." Furthermore, the court held that the Hobby Lobby incurs a substantial burden under the law because its religious beliefs are compromised and it could be forced to pay large fines. The Supreme Court will consolidate the two cases for one hour of argument that will most likely occur at the end of March. Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call/Getty Images