 On July 3 , 2014 , six justices ordered an injunction that allowed Wheaton College of Illinois , a religiously affiliated university , an exemption from complying with Affordable Care Act 's mandate on contraception . It came in the immediate wake of the Court 's 5 – 4 decision in Burwell v. Hobby Lobby , in which the conservative bloc had prevailed , and was opposed by the court 's three female members : Sotomayor , Ginsburg and Kagan . They suggested that the Hobby Lobby decision was not the Court 's conclusive opinion on birth control . In her dissent to the injunction , Sotomayor wrote that , " Those who are bound by our decisions usually believe they can take us at our word ... Not today . " Sotomayor stated further her opinion that the decision compromised " hundreds of Wheaton 's employees and students of their legal entitlement to contraceptive coverage . " 
