In yet another decision that proves it thinks the values of corporations are more important than those of their employees, the Supreme Court ruled today that closely-held corporations with religious owners cannot be required to provide contraceptive coverage for their employees as required for other business under the Affordable Care Act.

The Obama administration had already made accommodations or provided exemptions for churches, religious hospitals, schools, and nonprofits, but said that since for-profit corporations do not exercise religious beliefs as individuals, they would not be exempt.

In the 5-4 decision, with the majority opinion authored by Justice Samuel Alito, SCOTUS determined that the government’s contraception mandate is not “the least restrictive means of advancing its interest in guaranteeing cost-free access to birth control.”

The case arrived at the Supreme Court after two corporations, Hobby Lobby, an arts-and-craft retail chain owned by evangelical Christians, and Conestoga Wood Specialties, a cabinet manufacturing company owned by Mennonites, argued that the contraception requirement violated the 1993 Religious Freedom Restoration Act and infringed upon their First Amendment rights.