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WI Court Upholds Reprimand of Pharmacist’s Refusal to Dispense Contraception
The Capital Times: Pharmacist Loses Appeal on Refusing Contraceptive, by Anita Weier:An appeals court today upheld a decision bythe state Pharmacy Examining Board reprimanding and placingconditions on the license of…
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Women Can Obtain EC Faster at Pharmacies Than in Clinical settings, Study Shows
Via National Partnership for Women and Families Daily Report: A new study published in the journal, Contraception, shows pharmacies provide more rapid access to emergency contraception (EC) than clinical settings.…
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Barbara Seaman, Women’s Reproductive Health Advocate, Dies at 72
NY Times: Barbara Seaman, 72, Dies; Cited Risks of the Pill, by Margarlit Fox:Barbara Seaman, a writer and patients’ rights advocate who was oneof the first people to bring the…
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Federal Judge Refuses to Lift Injunction Allowing Wash. Pharmacists To Refuse To Sell Plan B
AP/ Seattle Post Intelligencer: Judge again rules druggists can deny morning-after pill, by Curt Woodward: Pharmacists and drug store owners in Washington can still refuse tosell the "morning-after pill" if…
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Giveaway of emergency contraception angers anti-abortion group
Via the Associated Press:MISHAWAKA, Ind. - A free giveaway of emergencycontraception doses at Planned Parenthood health centers in Indiana cities with large college populations has angered an anti-abortiongroup, whose leader…
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Pharmacy Boards and Religious Refusals in the Pharmacy
Womenstake: Forget State Legislatures. Work with Your Pharmacy Board to Stop Refusals, by Gretchen Borchelt:Anti-choice state legislators just won’t give up. In states like Indiana, legislators continue to introduce legislation…
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Remote-Control Contraception — For Men!
How fitting is that? (I just hope they tell their partners before they "change their minds about having children" and press that button!)NEWS.com.au (Australia): Remote-control contraception:VASECTOMIES could be a thing…
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Indiana Senate Approves Pharmacist Refusal Bill
The Indiana Senate has been busy, and that's not good for women. Indianapolis Star: Senate approves abortion-medicine bill:The Senate today passed a bill that would let a pharmacist refuse todispense…
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Some Maine Parents Criticize Biology Lesson on Birth Control
Via Chicago Tribune: A freshman biology class unit on birth control has been denounced asinappropriate by some Maine South High School parents who asked schoolofficials to pull the lesson from…
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ACOG’s Position On Religious Refusals Criticized by Some Doctors As “Elevat[ing] the Patient’s Autonomy”
American Medical News: New ACOG position on abortion refusal drawing fire, by Kevin O'Reilly:A recent American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists' position statement outlining the limits of conscientious refusal in…