SCOTUS granted Wheaton’s request for an emergency injunction. That’s really all there is to it.
Wheaton College’s case is currently in the U.S. District Court for the Norther District of Illinois, which is in the 7th Circuit. Justice Kagan is over the 6th and 7th Circuits. So all requests for such things must be submitted to her according to SCOTUS rules. She can grant a request, deny a request, or refer it to the whole court. Since it is a significant case, she chose to refer the request to the whole Court for a vote.
If she had denied the request, Wheaton would have been entitled to submit the request to a justice of their choice. That justice would likely have been one of the five in the majority on Hobby Lobby. That justice has the same options as Kagan.
SCOTUS felt this request constituted a legitimate emergency. In this case, Wheaton had a deadline to meet to submit/sign that form. The Circuit Courts are divided over whether or not to grant such injunctions for religious non-profits who object to the form. So SCOTUS granted the injunction pending completion of the appeals process.
(I’m goofy tired. I hope that made sense.)
The way I understood what Alito said is that the coverage is in the government’s lap now. Wheaton did not want to sign a form that authorized their insurance company to provide abortions. Instead, they were allowed simply to notify the government that they weren’t providing abortion coverage. How the government handles it is their business. I see a huge difference between the two.
As one medical doctor I read yesterday wrote, the day after pill can be picked up for 33 bucks.