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Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
Justice Sotomayor Temporarily Blocks Contraception Rule in Challenge By Religiously Affiliated Groups
The New York Times: Justice Blocks Contraception Mandate on Insurance in Suit by Nuns, by Steve Kenny & Robert Pear:Justice Sonia Sotomayor on Tuesday temporarily blocked the Obama administration from forcing some religious-affiliated…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
Marty Lederman on Hobby Lobby Case
Marty Lederman has been writing a lot on the Hobby Lobby/Conestoga Wood challenges to the ACA contraceptive rule. Here is his latest post.Balkinization: Hobby Lobby Part III-A—Does federal law substantially pressure employers…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
Federal Judge Rules Notre Dame Unlikely To Prevail In Challenge to Contraception Rule
The Huffington Post: Notre Dame Dealt Big Rejection In Challenge Against Birth Control Coverage, by Tom Coyne:A federal judge said he doesn't think the University of Notre Dame will succeed in…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
Eugene Volokh and Marty Lederman on Hobby Lobby
The Volokh Conspiracy: My Hobby Lobby Posts, In a Single Word Document, by Eugene Volokh:Here are my Hobby Lobby posts in a single Word document, in case some of you might find them helpful.Balkinization:…
Health Care and Life Sciences
Obamacare Contraceptive Case Bears Similarities to Supreme Court’s Citizen’s United ruling – Peter Marathas
It's good to get this out of the way first: the Supreme Court tends to avoid the monumentally-impactul constitutional issues when it can. Sometimes that's doable, sometimes it isn't. But…
Mass Torts Law Blog
Trial Date Set for Federal Nuvaring® Case
As we have discussed in previous posts, studies have shown that the hormones contained in the birth control product NuvaRing® have been linked to various forms of severe side-effects including:…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
The Potentially Broad Implications of a Supreme Court Ruling on the Contraception Mandate
SFGate: Supreme Court birth control ruling could ripple widely, by Bob Egelko:If a corporate employer can refuse on religious grounds to provide workplace insurance for contraception, what about employers with religious…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
Fox News Perpetuates Hobby Lobby’s False Claims That Plan B Is An Abortion Pill
Media Matters: Fox Uses Hobby Lobby Case To Falsely Call Morning-After Pill Abortion, by Brian Powell & Samantha Wyatt:Fox News repeatedly conflated the emergency contraceptive Plan B (also known as the morning-after pill) with…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
Abortion Cases Helped Push Democrats To Change Filibuster Rules
The New York Times: Abortion Cases in Court Helped Tilt Democrats Against the Filibuster, by Jeremy W. Peters:Within hours of each other, two federal appeals courts handed down separate decisions that…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
The Establishment Clause and the Contraception Mandate Cases
Balkinization: The Establishment Clause and the Contraception Mandate, by Micah Schwartzman, Richard Schragger, and Nelson Tebbe:Yesterday the Supreme Court granted certiorari in Sebelius v. Hobby Lobby and Conestoga Wood Specialties Corp. v. Sebelius, which…