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Contraception
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Princeton subsidizing students’ birth control pills
Via Newsday/AP:Princeton University has started subsidizing the cost of birth control pills for its students amid the skyrocketing cost of the drugs on college campuses. Since Saturday, students going to…
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Women’s Health Caught in Congress’ Holiday Rush
Via Women'sENews:Reproductive health advocates are pushing for several bills to become law before Congress adjourns for the holidays. Low-cost contraception and postpartum research are high priorities to make it through…
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CNN Segment on Religious Refusals
On CNN, "Medicine and Morality": Should doctors refuse treatment if it conflicts with their religious beliefs? CNN's Randi Kaye takes a look.Watch the video, which addresses doctors' refusal to prescribe…
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NY Times: Colleges Shaken by Soaring Cost of Birth Control
I'm glad this issue is getting so much press. Now let's hope Congress does something about it. On the front page of the New York Times today: In health centers…
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Court halts state’s Plan B pill rule
By Paul Shukovsky for Seattle Pi:Pharmacists in Washington no longer will be required to dispense "morning-after" birth control pills if they have religious objections, at least for the time being.The…
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Birth Control Pills May Clog Arteries
Via Bloomberg News: Birth control pills taken by about 100 million women worldwide may clog arteries whentaken more than 10 years, according to a study. Women on oralcontraceptives were 20…
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Poll: Most Favor Contraceptives in Schools
Via the AP/Columbus Dispatch:People decisively favor letting their public schools provide birth control to students, but they also voice misgivings that divide them along generational, income and racial lines, a…
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Kansas Court Rules that AT&T Does Not Have to Provide Contraceptive Coverage
Via the Kansas City Star: A long-running Kansas City case alleging that AT&T Corp. violated federal law by failing to provide contraceptive coverage for women has ended in favor of…
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AT&T wins case on excluding contraception coverage for women
By Dan Margolies, Kansas City Star:October 29, 2007A long-running Kansas City case alleging that AT&T Corp. violated federal law by failing to provide contraceptive coverage for women has ended in…
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Attorney general’s wife outspoken about contraceptive decision
Via Portland Press Herald:October 28, 2007PORTLAND, Maine --News reports of contraceptives provided to girls as young as 11 at King Middle School led to an uproar. Republicans launched an effort…