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Contraception
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Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
Oregon Becomes First State to Offer Birth Control Without a Doctor’s Prescription
Huffington Post (Jan. 5, 2016): Women in Oregon Can Now Buy Birth Control Over the Counter, by Alanna Vagianos:On January 1, Oregon became the first state to allow women to…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
Looking Ahead to 2016 on Women’s Reproductive Rights
By Tracy Thomas
Here's Why 2016 Could be the Biggest Year for Reproductive Rights and the Courts in DecadesThe next year promises to be an eventful one on the legal front—though we feel like we…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
Debate Over Planned Parenthood Funding in Harvard Health and Policy Review
Harvard Health and Policy Review: In Response to Anderson and George: Why Funding Planned Parenthood Respects Life, by Priscilla J. Smith:Priscilla Smith has authored a response to a recent blog…
Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider
Massachusetts develops a remote-controlled contraceptive chip
Ladies and gentlemen, introducing the remote-controlled contraceptive computer chip. Releasing measured doses of the levonorgestrel hormone, these computer chips can be implanted under a woman’s skin as a new form…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
SCOTUS Grants Cert (again) on Contraception Mandate and Accommodating Religious Exemptions
By Tracy Thomas
The Supreme Court granted cert last Friday in Little Sisters v. Burwell consolidating several cases raising religious objections to filing paperwork in order to trigger the religious exemption to providing employees with…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
The ACA’s contraceptive mandate returns to the Supreme Court
The Atlantic (Nov. 6, 2015): The Little Sisters of the Poor are Headed to the Supreme Court, by Emma Green:On Friday, the Supreme Court agreed to take a set seven…
Family Law Prof Blog
March for Life Faces Obama Administration Appeal Over Birth Control Mandate
By Family Law
From Washington Times:The Obama administration filed notice Thursday that it will appeal a federal ruling that blocked it from enforcing its birth control mandate on a pro-life nonprofit known for…
Family Law Prof Blog
End of China’s 1-Child Policy
By Family Law
From CNN:From street corners to social media, Chinese have hailed the ending of the country's one-child policy -- but it seems few rushed to their bedrooms to celebrate."I want to…
Nonprofit Law Prof Blog
8th Circuit Rules ACA Opt-Out Provision May Violate RFRA
As reported (slightly imprecisely from my legal perspective) in Reuters, the United States Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit, parting ways with other appellate courts deciding the issue, has…
Health Care and Life Sciences
Affordable Care Act likely headed back to SCOTUS – Again
Well hold onto your hat, folks—we got ourselves a high-profile circuit split. Religious freedom and its limits have been in the public’s mind a lot over the past few weeks.…