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Emergency Contraception

Is Contraception Murder?

Reproductive Justice | Posted 11.29.2009 | Politics

Read More: Abortion, Emergency Contraception, Contraception, Pro-Life, Condoms, Pro-Choice, Abortion Rights, Personhood, Politics News
Reproductive Justice

The protesters I spoke with in Wisconsin believe that "the morning-after pill" is the equivalent of murder. They even believe that the birth control pill is a form of murder.

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Media Blind to GOP Hypocrisy in Health Care Debate

Angela Bonavoglia | Posted 09.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Emergency Contraception, Tom Coburn, Ultrasound, Charles Grassley, Oklahoma, Npr, Health Care Reform, Reproductive Health, Meet the Press, Birth Control, Republicans, Democrats, Gang of Six, Politics News
Angela Bonavoglia

The Republicans protesting health care reform are the same people who have brought us an avalanche of governmental regulations dictating the availability of women's reproductive health care.

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Women Need a Plan B

Kelli Conlin | Posted 09.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: Emergency Contraception, Reproductive Health, Plan B, Birth Control, Naral, Reproductive Rights, Health, Politics News
Kelli Conlin

Heightened awareness is critical to increasing use of Plan B: a safe, effective back up method of birth control. Nearly 40 percent of women 18-30 remain unaware of this valuable medication.

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Athena Crossing the Potomac

Rachel Natelson | Posted 08.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Sikh, Women's Rights, Department of Veterans Affairs, US Military, Military Sexual Trauma, Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America, Violence Against Women, Sexual Assault, Veterans, Emergency Contraception, Gays in the Military, Don't Ask Don't Tell, Iraq Veterans, Homeless Veterans, Homelessness, Military Sexual Assaults, Women and Politics, Politics News
Rachel Natelson

Many figures have decried the inequity of "Don't Ask Don't Tell," the president and Congress to repeal the law. However, one community has remained resolutely silent: national veterans service organizations.

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Back Up Your Birth Control Day Gets a Boost from Court Decision

Sharon L. Camp | Posted 03.24.2009 | Politics

Read More: Emergency Contraception, Plan B, Center for Reproductive Rights, Guttmacher Institute, Back Up Your Birth Control Day, Politics News
Sharon L. Camp

Given that the typical women wants two children, she spends only a few years trying to become or being pregnant, but about three decades trying to avoid pregnancy.

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The Morning After Pill Conspiracy

Cristina Page | Posted 04.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Morning After Pill, Emergency Contraception, Plan B, Fda, David Hager, George W. Bush, Politics News
Cristina Page

Monday, the US district court finally got the anti-contraception genie, and some of the bullying lawless politics of the Bush era, back in the bottle.

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Happy Holidays, New York.

Joan Malin | Posted 01.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: George Bush, Rape, Holiday Season, George W. Bush, Pharmacies, Health Insurance, Rape Victims, Planned Parenthood, New York City, Planned Parenthood of New York City, Emergency Contraception, Health, Emergency Rooms, Health Care, Healthcare, Politics News
Joan Malin

Thanks to one stroke of pen by George W. Bush, New Yorkers can no longer go to the Emergency Room and trust that a provider's sole motivation is to give the best care available.

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Court Allows Pharmacists' Emergency Contraception Case To Proceed

Associated Press | Posted 01.18.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Pharmacist Refusals, Pharmacists, Pharmacists Conscience Case, Pharmacies and Birth Control, Emergency Contraception Refusal, Plan B Refusal, Plan B, Emergency Contraception Refusal Case, Emergency Contraception, Rod Blagojevich, Health, Pharmacists for Life, Pharmacies Emergency Contraception, Morr-Fitz v. Blagojevich, Pharmacists Religion, Morning After Pill Court Case, Morning After Pill, Chicago News

CHICAGO - The Illinois Supreme Court has dealt a blow to a rule requiring pharmacies to dispense emergency contraception. Lower courts had dismissed ...

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W's Parting Gifts to Women

Martha Burk | Posted 01.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: George Bush, Abortion, Women's Rights, Co-Pays, Rape Kits, Reproductive Rights, Abortion Rights, Family and Medical Leave Laws, George W. Bush, Fmla, Health Care Policy, Pro-Life, Health Insurance, Raising Co-Pays, Sexual Assault, Emergency Contraception, Bush Administration, Holiday Spirit, Bush Last Minute Rules, Outgoing President, Medical Policy, President Bush, Pro-Choice, Politics News
Martha Burk

It's not new that outgoing Presidents try to change national policy at the last minute through rule changes. But W is set to set a record.

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