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Contraception
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The Right Coast
Religious groups win Obamacare birth control case | Washington Examiner
A federal court ruled Thursday that religious organizations can't be handed massive fines for refusing to comply with Obamacare's birth control mandate.The ruling form the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
West on Recentering Women’s Harm in the Current Debate Over Birth Control
By Tracy Thomas
Robin West (Georgetown),Hobby Lobby, Birth Control and Our Ongoing Cultural Wars: Pleasure and Desire in the CrossfiresFrom the Abstract:Both sides of the birth control debate agree that birth control artificially…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Judge Strikes Contraception Mandate in Strange and Surprising Ruling
"compliance with the law is the true touchstone of legality." Judge Leon rejected the government's argument that religious institutions are differently situated than March for Life because religious institutions are more…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
SG Brief Opposing Cert in Contraception Cases
By Tracy Thomas
Here's the brief: Priests for Life v. DHHSAnd Balkinization's Take: First Government Opposition Brief in Nonprofit Cases Challenging the Contraceptive Coverage Accommodation
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
Explaining the Law of Pharmacists’ Refusals to Dispense Contraception
By Tracy Thomas
The National Women's Law Center explains the existing law of pharmacists' "right" to refuse to dispense contraception. Pharmacy Refusals 101Refusal to Dispense Contraception are IncreasingReports of pharmacies refusing to fill prescriptions…
California Personal Injury Law Case Notes
Over the counter birth control pills, can this be safe?
Despite risks of blood clots, stroke and death, in October 2015 California will be the first state to allow women to purchase birth control pills without a prescription. The pharmacist need…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
New Law Allows Pharmacists to Prescribe Birth Control
By Tracy Thomas
Ms., Oregon Pharmacists Can Now Prescribe Birth ControlWomen in Oregon will soon be able to receive birth control prescriptions from pharmacists, thanks to a new law signed by Gov. Kate Brown this week. Under…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
5th Circuit Rejects Challenge to Healthcare Contraceptive Mandate
By Tracy Thomas
Slate, Federal Court Vehemently Rejects Latest Challenge to the Obama Healthcare Contraceptive MandateOn Monday, the Fifth Circuit—one of the most conservative appeals courts in the country—rejected a challenge to the Affordable…
The Faculty Lounge
Griswold v. Connecticut and My Daugher’s Wedding
My daughter was married yesterday, which also happened to be the 50 anniversary of the SCOTUS decision in Griswold v. Connecticut. Sarah is the Director of Reproductive Health Programs at…
The Right Coast
Cory Gardner’s OTC Birth Control Proposal — Why Liberals Oppose | National Review Online
The Left s reflexive criticism of Gardner s plan derives from a deep public-sector and special-interest-backed paternalism that wants to control women s health choices just as much as any…