Hobby Lobby's Boss Might Get to Decide If Employees Get Birth Control
Posted by: Gretchen Borchelt, Senior Counsel & Director of State Reproductive Health PolicyYesterday, a divided 10th Circuit Court of Appeals put at risk access to contraception for more than...
View ArticleAlthough the Lawsuits Keep Coming, the Birth Control Benefit is a Gain Women...
Posted by: Shari Inniss-Grant, FellowWhile the Affordable Care Act’s contraceptive coverage benefit makes birth control and quality reproductive health care more accessible and affordable for women...
View ArticleMichigan Court: Mersino Management Bosses Do Not Get to Decide if Employees...
Posted by: Hillary Schneller, FellowLast Thursday, July 11, a district court in Michigan refused to temporarily stop enforcement of the contraceptive coverage benefit against another for-profit...
View ArticleThird Circuit Court of Appeals Says Conestoga Wood Specialties Must Comply...
Posted by: Hillary Schneller, FellowConestoga Wood Specialties is one of the almost 30 plus companies challenging the contraceptive coverage benefit. Conestoga has been arguing that, as a secular,...
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Reproductive Justice for All – Including Students at Georgetown
Posted by: Nicole Chenelle, InternI, like many other Georgetown students, let out a sigh of relief upon reading the most recent e-mail from President DeGioia. This e-mail announced that contraceptive...
View Article6th Circuit Says Your Boss Can’t Say No to Your Birth Control
Posted by: Leila Abolfazli, Senior CounselIn a unanimous decision in Autocam v. Sebelius, the 6th Circuit held that a for-profit, secular company is not a ‘“person’ capable of ‘religious exercise’”...
View ArticleEven Winning Won’t Stop Them: For-Profit Business Owners Win Contraceptive...
Posted by: Hillary Schneller, FellowLast Friday, the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals issued a decision in Gilardi v. HHS, one of the 40 plus lawsuits brought by for-profit companies challenging the...
View Article5 Things To Know About the Cases Brought by Non-Profits with Religious...
Posted by: Hillary Schneller, FellowYou’ve heard about the for-profit companies challenging the birth control coverage benefit. This Spring, the Supreme Court will review two for-profit cases, brought...
View ArticleConfused About Stroke Guidelines and Birth Control? Obamacare Can Help. (No,...
Posted by: Mara Gandal-Powers, CounselYesterday, the American Heart Association released new prevention guidelines for women regarding stroke. These guidelines are particularly important for women...
View ArticleWhy Buy the (Sexist) Pig When You Can Get the Oink for Free?
Posted by: Megan Tackney, Outreach Manager for Health and Reproductive RightsDo you think of your sex as Prada or Marshalls? Discount or high end? If you’re not sure, you are probably going to want to...
View ArticleSeventh Circuit Says Notre Dame Cannot Deny Its Employees and Students Access...
Posted by: Hillary Schneller, FellowGiven the range of horrible and ridiculous things that happened last week, we were due for something sensible. On Friday, the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals denied...
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My Health Is Not Your Hobby
Posted by: Megan Tackney, Outreach Manager for Health and Reproductive RightsThis was just one of the many witty slogans held high on posters at the snow-covered rally at the Supreme Court yesterday....
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The Supreme Court Hears Arguments in the Contraceptive Coverage Cases: Are...
Posted by: Gretchen Borchelt, Senior Counsel & Director of State Reproductive Health PolicyCross-posted from Alliance for Justice.The companies seeking to deny women access to a benefit guaranteed...
View ArticleWhy Courts Matter to Women: Women's History Month
Posted by: Cortelyou Kenney, FellowCourts undeniably matter to women—for better or worse. Every day, they decide cases involving the right to have an abortion, to access contraception, to obtain...
View ArticleWhat We Mean When We Talk About "Compromising" Antidiscrimination Laws With...
Posted by: Hillary Schneller, FellowWhile attending a conference on creating religious exemptions to civil rights laws, I noticed a theme throughout: a standard plea for “compromise” to accommodate...
View ArticleD.C. Standing Up For Women's Reproductive Health Decisions
Posted by: Gretchen Borchelt, Senior Counsel & Director of State Reproductive Health PolicyMy colleague Michelle wrote recently about proactive legislation that state legislators are introducing...
View Article5 Things to Know About the Cases Brought by Non-Profits with Religious...
Posted by: Hillary Schneller, FellowYou’ve heard about the for-profit companies challenging the birth control coverage benefit. In March, the Supreme Court heard oral argument in two for-profit cases,...
View ArticleNot Letting Religion Trump Facts or the Court in the Contraceptive Coverage...
Posted by: Hillary Schneller, FellowLast week, the D.C. Circuit heard oral argument in two challenges to the contraceptive coverage benefit brought by non-profit organizations with religious...
View ArticleSixth Circuit Holds That Non-Profit Organizations Can't Interfere with...
Posted by: Hillary Schneller, FellowYesterday, another federal court of appeals [PDF] sided with female employees for whom the Affordable Care Act ensures birth control coverage. In a unanimous...
View ArticleHobby Lobby: A "Perfect Storm" to Galvanize the Public
Posted by: Sharon Levin, Director of Federal Reproductive Health PolicyAlthough I was expecting a strong public outcry after the Supreme Court’s decision in the Hobby Lobby case, the depth and breadth...
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