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Contraception
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Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
New Yorker Piece on the Stakes in the Contraception Mandate Litigation
The New Yorker: The Stakes in the Hobby Lobby Birth-Control Case, by Amy Davidson:Is the case of Sebelius v. Hobby Lobby Stores, which the Supreme Court agreed to hear this week,…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
New Emergency Contraception Label Undermines Corporations’ Objections To Health Plans Covering the Pills
As I was saying in my last post, the evidence shows that emergency contraceptive pills work before fertilization, not after (contrary to the claims of corporations like Hobby Lobby). Now…
Real Lawyers Have Blogs
Top 10 in Law Blogs: SCOTUS to Review ACA’s Contraceptive Rule, GoldieBlox Parody, Deposition Hell
In big news in the legal world, the Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case challenging the Affordable Care Act's mandate that private employers provide employees with health care…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
Supreme Court Agrees To Review Challenge to Contraception Mandate
The New York Times: Justices Take Companies’ Cases Challenging Contraception Rule, by Adam Liptak:The Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to hear a pair of cases on whether corporations may refuse to…
The Right Coast
Supreme Court to review contraceptive coverage mandate – The Washington Post
The Supreme Court agreed Tuesday to consider a new challenge to President Obama s Affordable Care Act and decide whether employers with religious objections may refuse to provide their workers…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
United States Supreme Court Grants Certiorari on Religious Claims of Secular For-Profit Corporation
By ConLawProf initials at end of post
As widely expected, United States Supreme Court has granted the petitions for writ of certiorari to the Tenth Circuit's divided en banc opinion in Hobby Lobby v. Sebelius as well…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
Federal District Judge Grants Catholic-Affiliated Employers Temporary Delay in Complying with Contraception Mandate
Herald-Star: Catholics win delay, by Kevin Begos:A federal judge ruled Thursday that two Western Pennsylvania Catholic groups don't immediately have to comply with mandates in the federal health care overhaul law,…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
Most Women Unaware of Free Contraception Under Affordable Care Act
CNBC: Oh, baby! Most women unaware of Obamacare birth control mandate, by Dan Mangan:A majority of women remain unaware that birth control is available for free from health insurance plans under…
Appellate Advocacy Blog
Framing the Issues: Contraceptive Coverage and Religious Freedom in the Seventh Circuit
While many factors go into writing a truly persuasive brief, the best and earliest opportunity to convey the client’s case theory is the issue statement. In a recent Seventh Circuit appeal…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
Women on Birth Control Pills More Likely To Be Diagnosed With Glaucoma, Study Finds
NPR: Using Birth Control Pills May Increase Women's Glaucoma Risk, by Nancy Chute:Taking birth control pills may increase a woman's risk of eye disease later in life, a study finds, because…