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Contraception
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Nonprofit Law Prof Blog
The Affordable Care Act, Nonprofit Employers and Employees’ Access to Birth Control
The Affordable Care Act’s requirement that most employers, including church-affiliated hospitals and other institutions, provide health care coverage for contraceptives to their employees is receiving a great deal of press. Given the…
The Right Coast
Obama strategists think they have support of Catholic women Tom Smith
Voters who object to Obamacare requiring Catholic instituions to provide insurance that covers contraception, abortifecants and sterilization (which violate Catholic doctrine) would have voted against him anyway, Democratic strategists reckon.This…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
Mitt Romney Launches Petitions Against Obama Administration Birth Control Mandate
The Hill: Mitt Romney rips Obama on birth control, attack on 'religious liberty', by Alicia M. Cohn:Mitt Romney launched a petition on Monday against a new Obama administration mandate that…
Nonprofit Law Prof Blog
Thoughts on the “Politics” of the Komen Foundation’s Recent Stir
In Politics and the Cost of Conscience, syndicated columnist Kathleen Parker links the pressures faced by the Susan G. Komen for the Cure foundation and Catholic charities. Parker opines that…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
Religious Institution Insurance Plan Birth Control Exemption Interferes with Choice
Huffington Post: Birth Control And Government: The Right of Refusal Should Belong to Women, by Nancy K. Kaufman:There's a chant that is familiar to anyone who has ever attended a…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
Lawsuits for Manufacturer-Caused Failure of Birth Control
Slate: What to Expect When You Weren’t Expecting, by Brian Palmer:Can you sue the maker of your birth control pill for an unintended pregnancy?Pfizer announced the recall of approximately 1…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
Why Women Need Birth Control Coverage
AlterNet: Why New Birth Control Benefits are the Right Choice and Why Religious Conservatives Have it Wrong, by June Carbone & Naomi Cahn:In a country of alarmingly high unplanned pregnancy,…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
NYT Editorial on Recent Assaults on Reproductive Rights
The New York Times editorial: Birth Control and Reproductive Rights: It was good news that the Obama administration withstood pressure from Roman Catholic bishops and social conservatives to deny contraceptive…
Family Law Prof Blog
Religious Employers’ Coverage of Contraceptives
By Family Law
Law professors June Carbone and Naomi Cahn discuss the recent decision of the Obama Administration to mandate that most religious-affiliated employers cover birth control for their employees here.MR
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
Contraception Mandate is Prompting Lawsuits, Which Could Succeed in Light of Recent Supreme Court Ruling
Los Angeles Times: Contraceptive mandate could face tough sledding in Supreme Court, by David G. Savage:The Supreme Court and the Obama administration, already headed for a face-off in March over…