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Contraception
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Civil Rights Law & Policy Blog
How birth control became everybody’s business
The title of this post comes from this fascinating article from The Week looking at the origins of birth control and the early obstacles to its development. The article begins:…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Sixth Circuit: Eden Foods Corporation Cannot Assert a Religion Under RFRA
The continuing question of whether a for-profit secular corporation can assert a religious belief against contraception sufficient to exempt it from the ACA's provision requiring an employer to include contraceptive…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
Rolling Stone on Why Right-Wing Legislators and Businesses Want to Curb Access to Contraception
Rolling Stone: Why the Right Wing Is Targeting Birth Control Again, by Erika L. Sanchez:What does birth control have to do with the congressional budget? Not much – unless you're a…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
Sixth Circuit Denies For-Profit Eden Foods’ Right to Refuse To Comply with Contraceptive Mandate
RH Reality Check: Sixth Circuit Issues Strong Opinion Against For-Profit Religious Rights in Eden Foods Case, by Jessica Mason Pieklo:. . .On Thursday, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals . .…
Compensation & Benefits Blog
Sixth Circuit Rejects Challenge to ACA Based on Religious Beliefs
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) requires non-grandfathered health plans to cover certain preventative health services. In a case seeking an injunction to bar enforcement of ACA’s so-called “contraception mandate” on…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
Male Birth Control Pill
By Tracy Thomas
Read it here: Men May Soon be Taking Birth Control
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
Conservative GOP House Members Try to Use Shutdown to Force Fight Over Contraception Mandate
The Hill - Healthwatch blog: Conservatives want more time to fight against birth control mandate, by Elise Viebeck:Conservative House members expressed a desire Tuesday to fund the government only until Dec.…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
Ted Cruz Misrepresents Contraception Mandate, Saying It Covers “Abortifacients”
The Huffington Post: Ted Cruz Calls Birth Control 'Abortifacients', by Laura Bassett:Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) on Friday repeated the misguided conservative talking point that the birth control coverage rule included…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
By Tracy Thomas
What she said. Senator Elizabeth Warren shocked that the government shutdown is leveraging women's healthcare and access to birth control. "In 2013...not the year 1913...the year 2013."
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
The Contraception Mandate
By Tracy Thomas
The main debate on the Affordable Care Act thus far regarding women has been the contraception mandate--the requirement that employer healthcare coverage include women’s contraception like birth control. Employers like…