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Health Law Prof Blog
Waiting for Hobby Lobby
Since the likelihood is that many readers of this blog will be asked to comment about whatever opinion the Supreme Court issues this week, here’s a quick refresher. The Hobby Lobby…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
Wall Street Journal Perpetuates Myth that ACA Contraception Mandate Covers Abortions
Media Matters: For The Wall Street Journal, It's About Abortion Even When It Isn't, by Meagan Hatcher Mays:The Wall Street Journal is celebrating a recent Supreme Court ruling that will allow an…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
NPR Answers Questions About the Federal Contraception Rule
NPR: 6 Questions About Contraception Coverage And The Supreme Court, by Julie Rovner:One of the most watched issues before the Supreme Court this term may turn on the question of religious freedom.…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
49 Years After Griswold, Access to Contraception Still Under Attack
RH Reality Check: 49 Years After Griswold: A Splintering Legacy, This month marks the 49th anniversary of Griswold v. Connecticut, the landmark Supreme Court decision that ruled states could not criminalize contraception…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
Women Are Still Paying for Contraception, Despite Affordable Care Act’s Contraception Rule
National Journal: Why Women Don't Think Their Birth Control Is Free, by Clara Ritger:More than half of women are still paying for their contraception despite the Affordable Care Act's mandate,…
Drug & Device Law
Contraceptive Failure-To-Warn Claims Simply Do Not Fly
We knew what the correct result ought to be in Brown v. Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc., No. 3:12-oe-40003, 2014 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 57319 (N.D. Ohio Apr. 24, 2014), as soon as…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
Substantial Majority of Americans Support Affordable Care Act’s Contraception Rule
The Los Angeles Times: Nearly 7 in 10 Americans say health plans should cover birth control, by Karen Kaplan: Among the various provisions of the Affordable Care Act, few are as controversial…
Health Law Prof Blog
Guest Blogger Professor Deborah L. Forman: Labor and Delivery: A Spectator Sport?
As abortion clinics close in Texas and the Supreme Court ponders whether the contraceptive mandate in the ACA infringes the religious freedom of Hobby Lobby, women’s reproductive rights have come…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
The 71 For-Profit Companies That Have Challenged the Contraceptive Rule
Mother Jones: It's Not Just Hobby Lobby: These 71 Companies Don't Want to Cover Your Birth Control Either, by Jaeah Lee:Last week, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Sebelius v.…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
Commentary on Hobby Lobby
Balkinization: Religious Accommodations Cost More than Money, by Kara Loewentheil: Yesterday the Supreme Court heard arguments in the consolidated cases ofHobby Lobby and Conestoga Wood. With the publication of the full argument transcript online, it…