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Contraception
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Human Rights at Home Blog
Court Rules Government Can Restrict Women’s Statutory Right to Contraception Based on Employer Opposition
By Priscilla Smith, Clinical Lecturer of Law, Yale Law School, guest contributorI suppose we are meant to be grateful for the Court’s opinion recognizing that employment discrimination against LGBT people…
Family Law Prof Blog
Supreme Court Undercuts Contraceptives
By Family Law
From NPR:The U.S. Supreme Court has made it more difficult for women to get access to birth control as part of their health plans if their employer has religious or…
Religion Clause
Supreme Court Upholds Expanded Exemptions From ACA Contraceptive Coverage Mandate
In a 7-2 decision in Little Sisters of the Poor Saints Peter and Paul Home v. Pennsylvania, (Sup. Ct., July 8, 2020), the U.S. Supreme Court rejected challenges to the Trump…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
SCOTUS Holds that Employer’s Religious Liberty Trumps Women’s Right to Healthcare and Birth Control
By Tracy Thomas
The U.S. Supreme Court decided Little Sisters of the Poor v. Pennsylvania (July 8, 2020), in a split opinion, with the majority written by Justice Thomas. Justices Kagan and Breyer…
The Right Coast
China cuts Uighur births with IUDs, abortion, sterilization
The Chinese government is taking draconian measures to slash birth rates among Uighurs and other minorities as part of a sweeping campaign to curb its Muslim population, even as it…
Drug & Device Law
SDNY Dismisses Contraceptive Case on Grounds of Preemption and Failure to Plead Fraud
We are not surprised that some readers dissented from our judgment last week that the Billions series is trash, albeit fun trash. We should be accustomed to this sort of…
Religion Clause
9th Circuit: Church Has Standing To Challenge California Abortion Coverage Mandate
In Skyline Wesleyan Church v. California Department of Managed Health Care, (9th Cir., May 13, 2020), the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a California federal district court's ruling on…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
The Women of the Supreme Court are Sick of These Nonsense Objections to Birth Control
By Tracy Thomas
The Women of the Supreme Court are Sick of These Nonsense Objections to Birth ControlConservatives have been trying to unwind the birth control benefit in the Affordable Care Act (ACA)…
Mass Torts Law Blog
A Simple Guide to Paragard Lawsuits and Settlements
By Martin P. Schrama, Stefanie Colella-Walsh
You have seen a lot of commercials and have probably been searching the internet for some straightforward explanations about Paragard. Here is a simple guide to Paragard lawsuits and settlements…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
Supreme Court Will Consider Trump Administration Rule Allowing Employers to Opt Out of Contraceptive Coverage
New York Times (Jan. 17, 2020): Supreme Court to Consider Limits on Contraceptive Coverage, by Adam Liptak:Last Friday, the Supreme Court announced that it will hear two consolidated cases considering…