The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday is hearing arguments in what has been called the Hobby Lobby case, which challenges the contraception mandate in the Affordable Care Act.

The mandate, which requires employers’ healthcare plans to cover FDA-approved contraceptive methods, exempts houses of worship, but not for-profit corporations.

The challenge to the law comes from two separate, but related cases — Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc. v. Sebelius and Conestoga Wood Specialties Corp. v. Sebelius. The Root summarizes:

The cases also center around the “personhood” of corporations.  The Guardian reports:

A decision siding with the for-profit companies “would set a profoundly dangerous precedent to allow businesses to deny their employees coverage for care and services essential to their reproductive health and long-term well-being on the basis of something as arbitrary as personal beliefs,” stated Nancy Northup, president and CEO of the Center for Reproductive Rights.

“Just as it upheld the Affordable Care Act, the U.S. Supreme Court should take this opportunity to both protect the individual rights of employees and preserve the core benefits that this historic law provides for millions of women—benefits that are essential to their health, lives, families, and future,” Northup stated.

A Court decision is expected in late June.

Twitter users in support of the mandate are marking the day with the hashtag #NotMyBossBusiness:

Tweets about “#NotMyBossBusiness”

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