Stacy Molai knows that life can be hard and unfair, and that the debates held in Washington actually affect real people.

Molai is 31 and suffers from Crohn’s disease, a chronic gastrointestinal condition that threatened her life when she was a teenager. Molai is a plaintiff in a lawsuit filed by seven state attorneys general against the Obama administration’s health care mandate that religious employers provide insurance that covers contraception and abortion.

Molai relies on her medical insurance for supplies that would otherwise cost her $300-$400 a month, with every necessary hospitalization and surgery costing $3,000 to $5,000.