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Feds to comply with morning-after pill ruling
NEW YORK (AP) — The federal government on Monday told a judge it will reverse course and take steps to comply with his order to allow girls of any age to buy emergency contraception without prescriptions. The Department of Justice, in the latest...
Tags: Politics, Justice and Rights, National Government, White House, Over-the-Counter Medicines
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Court: Girls can buy morning-after pill, for now
LAURAN NEERGAARD,Associated PressNEW YORK (AP) — Girls of any age can buy generic versions of emergency contraception without a prescription while the federal government appeals a judge's ruling allowing the sales, according to a ruling Wednesday by a federal appeals court. The...Tags: Manhattan (New York City), Marketing, Tylenol (drug), U.S. Department of Justice, Crime, Law and Justice
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Teen birth rate decreasing, according to CDC report
WSBT-TVTeen pregnancy rates are down, way down, about half what they were twenty years ago, according to a new government report. It's encouraging news for nurses and counselors who say more teens are showing up at their offices, asking about contraception,...Tags: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Health Treatments, Disease Prevention, Family Planning
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Birth control coverage up for federal appeal
DENVER (AP) — In the most prominent challenge of its kind, Hobby Lobby Stores Inc. is asking a federal appeals court Thursday for an exemption from part of the federal health care law that requires it to offer employees health coverage that includes...
Tags: Religion and Belief, Belief and Faith, Health Insurance, Health and Safety at Work, U.S. Department of Justice
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US government files morning-after pill appeal
NEW YORK (AP) — The Obama administration on Monday filed a last-second appeal to delay the sale of the morning-after contraceptive pill to girls of any age without a prescription. U.S. District Judge Edward Korman in Brooklyn last week refused...
Tags: U.S. Department of Justice, Crime, Law and Justice, Health Treatments, Kathleen Sebelius, Plan B (drug)
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FDA: Morning-after pill OK for ages 15 and up
WASHINGTON (AP) — The government is moving the morning-after pill over the counter but only those 15 and older can buy it — an attempt to find middle ground just days before a court-imposed deadline to lift all age restrictions on the...Tags: Washington, DC, U.S. Department of Justice, Crime, Law and Justice, Health Treatments, Patty Murray
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Indiana House backs tighter abortion pill rules
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A bill that would tighten state laws on distribution of the abortion pill and require clinics that provide only drug-induced abortions to meet the same standards as clinics that perform surgical abortions was approved by a wide...Tags: Social Issues, Politics, Republican Party, Hospitals and Clinics, Sexually Transmitted Diseases
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Judge: US can't make Monaghan offer contraceptives
DETROIT (AP) — A judge has blocked the federal government from requiring the founder of Domino's Pizza to provide mandatory contraception coverage to his employees under the health care law. U.S. District Judge Lawrence Zatkoff on Thursday granted...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Labor Legislation, Bain Capital, LLC, Health Treatments, Court Preliminary
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Court exempts Ind. company from birth control rule
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A federal court has barred the government from enforcing the birth control mandate in President Barack Obama's health care overhaul against an Indiana company that raised religious objections. The 7th U.S. Circuit Court of...Tags: Health Treatments, Religion and Belief, Barack Obama, Belief and Faith, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
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SPECIAL REPORT: Obamacare (Part 6)
WSBT-TVIt's officially called The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, but we all know it as Obamacare. It's the most complex law since Medicare. WSBT examined topics related to health care reform and what it means for all of us.. Our last one...Tags: Health Care Reform (2009), Health Treatments, Religion and Belief, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Family Planning
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Schuette files brief supporting health care suit
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan's attorney general is supporting a lawsuit filed by Domino's Pizza founder Tom Monaghan challenging mandatory contraception coverage in the federal health care law. Bill Schuette says he filed a brief this week in U....Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Health Treatments, Trials, Domino's Pizza Inc., Family Planning
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Judge dismisses Notre Dame lawsuit regarding birth control mandate
South Bend TribuneSOUTH BEND — A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit by the University of Notre Dame challenging the constitutionality of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act requiring employers to provide birth-control coverage. The lawsuit, filed...Tags: Social Issues, Religion and Belief, Aetna Inc., Insurance, Hilda Solis
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