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Contraception
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Mass Torts Law Blog
YAZ®, Yasmin® and Ocella® Cases Transfered to MDL in the United States Distric Court
Since the beginning of October 2009, over 350 YAZ®, Yasmin® and Ocella® cases from various jurisdictions throughout the country have been transferred to the MDL in the United States District…
New Jersey Law Blog
YAZ®, Yasmin® and Ocella® Cases Transfered to MDL in the United States Distric Court
Since the beginning of October 2009, over 350 YAZ®, Yasmin® and Ocella® cases from various jurisdictions throughout the country have been transferred to the MDL in the United States District…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
Afghan Mullahs Get a Lesson on Birth Control
NY Times: Broaching Birth Control With Afghan Mullahs, by Sabrina Tavernise: MAZAR-I-SHARIF, Afghanistan — The mullahs stared silently at the screen. They shifted in their chairs and fiddled with pencils. Koranic…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
Health Care Reform Bills Don’t Require Contraceptive Coverage
Slate Magazine (Double X): Why Doesn't Health Care Cover Birth Control?, by Sharon Lerner:Politicians won’t address the subject. Nancy Pelosi made her wrenching choice between the health reform bill and…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
New Report on Clandestine and Unsafe Abortions in Pakistan
Guttmacher Institute news release: Clandestine and Unsafe Abortions are Common in Pakistan and Threaten Women's Health and Lives:Poor Women Most Affected by Unsafe Procedures Induced abortion is legal under very limited…
Mass Tort Litigation Blog
Judge Requests Consolidation of Birth Control Suits
By joetort
From the Tort Prof blog: http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/tortsprof/2009/11/judge-requests-mass-tort-status-for-new-jersey-birth-control-suits-.htmlADL
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
China Lacks Sex Education Despite One-Child Policy
Slate Magazine: Everything You Always Wanted To Know About Sex (But Didn't Learn Because You Grew Up in China), by Michelle Tsai: BEIJING—The first time Hu Jing tried to have sex…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
Uganda has Highest Unmet Need for Contraceptives in East Africa
Guardian News: Huge unmet need for contraceptives in Uganda, by Joseph Malinga and Liz Ford:Uganda has the highest unmet need for contraception in east Africa, but lacks the resources to…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
Philippine Congress Considers Measure to Expand Access to Birth Control
NY Times: Birth Control Bill Has Enemies in Philippines, by Carlos H. Conde: Abortion is illegal in the Philippines, though birth control andrelated health services have long been available to…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
Religious Refusals Asserted in Ever-Wider Range of Medical Scenarios
USA Today: Conscience clauses not just about abortion anymore, by Adelle M. Banks: WASHINGTON — Faced with a request to give anunmarried female patient a prescription for birth control pills,…