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Contraception
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Family Law Prof Blog
Case Law Development: New York State Supreme Court Rules that Catholic Church Must Provide Mandated Insurance Coverage that Pays for Prescription Contraceptives
By Family Law
In a 3-2 ruling on Thursday, judges of the Appellate Division of the New York State Supreme Court, an intermediate State appellate court, rejected religious groups' arguments that New York’s…
Family Law Prof Blog
Access to Abortion Pared at State Level
By Family Law
This year's state legislative season draws to a close having produced a near-record number of laws imposing new restrictions on a woman's access to abortion or contraception. Since January, governors…
Chicago Family Law Blog
Noteworthy Supreme Court Case Declares Statute Regulating Contraceptives Unconstitutional
In June 1977, the U.S. Supreme Court declared a law that regulated the sale and advertising of contraceptives unconstitutional. In this noteworthy opinion, the Court addressed the constitutional protection afforded…
Chicago Family Law Blog
FDA Panel Addresses Availability of Plan B Contraception
The "morning after" pill is currently a prescription contraceptive sold under the names "Plan B" and "Previn." Plan B contains a higher dose of the hormone progestin than the birth-control…
Virginia Family Law Journal
Judicially Imposed Contraception Unconstitutional
By Rob Hagy
In State v. Talty, the Ohio Supreme Court ruled that a trial judge’s condition of probation in a criminal non-support case that the father make every reasonable effort to use…
California Employment Law Update
Church-Affiliated Employer Is Required To Provide Insurance Coverage For Contraceptives
By Tony Oncidi
Catholic Charities of Sacramento, Inc. v. Superior Court, 32 Cal. 4th 527 (2004) Catholic Charities challenged the Women's Contraception Equity Act (WCEA) under the establishment and free exercise clauses of…