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Why Birth Control With No Co-Pay Will Help African-American Women

Vanessa Cullins | Posted 10.04.2011

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Vanessa Cullins

For many African-American women, cost often determines whether we can choose and maintain the most appropriate method of birth control, especially during hard times. The new federal ruling has the potential to change that.

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Laura Bassett

Steve King: Covering Birth Control Could Make Us A 'Dying Civilization' (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Laura Bassett | Posted 10.02.2011

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WASHINGTON -- The new set of guidelines issued by the Department of Health and Human Services this week that will require health insurers to cover bir...

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Health Group Backs Free Birth Control For Women

Reuters | Posted 09.19.2011

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A U.S. medical advisory group recommended providing women free birth control and other preventive health services under the nation's healthcare ov...

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Laura Bassett

Birth Control May Become Free Under All Health Insurance Plans

HuffingtonPost.com | Laura Bassett | Posted 09.18.2011

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WASHINGTON -- A highly influential panel of medical experts recommended to the U.S. Department of Health on Tuesday that all health insurance plans be...

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What Should Climate Hawks Do Next? Fight for Free Birth Control

Lisa Hymas | Posted 05.25.2011

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Lisa Hymas

It should be obvious why climate hawks need to care about making birth control widely accessible: fewer unwanted pregnancies will mean fewer unwanted births and, ultimately, fewer greenhouse gases.

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Health Care Overhaul May Lead To Free Birth Control

AP | RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — Fifty years after the pill, another birth control revolution may be on the horizon: free contraception for women in the U.S., thank...

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Weekly Pulse: Where Are the Anti-Choicers at the Kagan Hearings?

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

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As Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan begins her second week of confirmation hearings, Mother Jones' Stephanie Mencimer wonders why the anti-abortion protesters have been uncharacteristically subdued this time around.

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