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Contraception
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Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
Survey Reveals that Doctors Often Require Pelvic Exams Before Women Can Obtain Birth Control
Ms. Magazine: Unnecessary Pelvic Exams for Women Seeking Birth Control:A survey by the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology revealed that one-third of the 1,200 doctors studied required that women…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
Filipino Family Planning Bill Faces Opposition from Catholic Leadership
Time: Philippines: Hope, Finally, for a Family-Planning Law, by Emily Rauhala:It was an awkward situation: There I was, stuck in a windowless conference room, talking sex with a Catholic priest.…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
Positive Study Results for New Spermicide Compound
Reuters Health: New spermicide may be as good as nonoxynol-9, Lynne Peeples:A new spermicide compound, not yet available in drugstores, may be as good a contraceptive as the drug now…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
Columnist Says Bristol Palin Could Be a Big Help in the Campaign for Free Birth Control
Boston Globe: The right prescription, by Joanna Weiss:Women could get free birth control with health reform law NO, BRISTOL Palin is not the greatest dancer, though she’s done herself proud,…
New Jersey Law Blog
YAZ® Lawsuit Update: Bellwether Trials in the Federal MDL Scheduled
A large number of YAZ® lawsuits were designated as Mass Tort or Multidistrict Litigation (MDL) cases over the past several months. Just recently, the three initial bellwether trials in the…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
Vatican Confirms Shift in Condom Policy
The New York Times: After Condom Remarks, Vatican Confirms Shift, by Rachel Donadio: Pope Benedict XVI’s recent comments about the use of condoms in select cases apply to women as…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
Center for Reproductive Rights Files Contempt Motion Against FDA Over Emergency Contraception Age Restriction
Center for Reproductive Rights press release: The Center Takes the FDA Back to Court: For more than a year and a half, the FDA and the Obama Administration has ignored…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
Recession Impact on Reproductive Health
Guttmacher News Release: Dollars and Sense: The Impact of the Recession on Reproductive Health:The sixth installment of the Guttmacher Exchange roundtable discussion series, “Dollars and Sense: The Impact of the…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
Guttmacher Releases Key Findings On Family Planning and Maternal Health
Guttmacher News Release: Important Updates for Key Adding It Up Report Findings: Following the release of new maternal and neonatal mortality estimates earlier this year, the Guttmacher Institute today released…
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985 Women Wrongfuly Denied Birth Control Coverage by Regence
Seattle Post Intelligencer: State: Regence wrongly denied birth control to hundreds of women, by Vanessa Ho: Regence BlueShield has been ordered to pay $148,000 to nearly a thousand women who…