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Contraception
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Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
These Apps Let You Get the Pill and Skip the Pelvic Exam
New York Magazine (June 30, 2016): These Apps Let You Get the Pill and Skip the Pelvic Exam, by Annie Lowrey: Lamenting the inevitable wait time, inconvenience, and unnecessary doctor's appointments…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
Here’s What You Need to Know About Your Birth Control Access
Rewire, June 9, 2016, Here’s What You Need to Know About Your Birth Control Access Post-Supreme Court Ruling, by Bridgette Dunlap In a well-thought-out and organized article, Bridgette Dunlap looks at…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
Maryland Women Will Have the Easiest Access to Contraception in America
New York Magazine (May 12, 2016): Maryland Women Will Have the Easiest Access to Contraception in America, by Hilary Weaver "Maryland governor Larry Hogan (yes, a Republican) signed the Contraceptive Equity Act…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
Local health care providers and wider contraceptive options increase contraceptive use in many countries
Vox (May 20,2016): What the US can learn from Ethiopia about birth control, by Sarah Frostenson: The use of modern contraceptives has tripled in Ethiopia since 2005, following a government program…
Human Rights at Home Blog
Is This Wisdom or Justice Delayed? Zubik v Burwell
by Margaret DrewOn Monday, the Supreme Court decided Zubik v. Burwell by not deciding. The court remanded the consolidated cases to their various intermediary courts. The Court suggested that the…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
Zubik v. Burwell Sent Back to Lower Courts
Today the Supreme Court issued a per curiam opinion in Zubik v. Burwell that is perhaps more significant for what it does not say rather than what it does.The Justices were asked to…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
Maryland Legislation Closes the Gap in Insurance Coverage for Contraception
Mic (May 12, 2016) Maryland Just Took a Huge Step for Women by Offering Free Birth Control, by Leigh Cuen: Last week, Maryland's governor signed legislation that will give the…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
New MD Contraceptive Equity Act Insures Coverage of Birth Control
By Tracy Thomas
NWLC Blog, Victory for Birth Control in MarylandThe Maryland Contraceptive Equity Act of 2016 makes sure that women have insurance coverage of the specific birth control that their health care provider…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
California Becomes Third State to Allow Pharmacists to Dispense Birth Control
Inquisitor (April 10, 2106): California Birth Control Law Allows Pharmacists to Dispense Contraception Practically Over-the-Counter, by John Houck:Earlier this month a California law went into effect that allows pharmacists to…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
SCOTUS’s Weird Call for Supplemental Briefing in Women’s Contraception Coverage Case
By Tracy Thomas
A Puzzling Order in a US Supreme Court Case on ObamacareSomething strange is afoot at the U.S. Supreme Court. The justices issued a highly unusual order Tuesday for the parties…