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South Bend religious freedom rally melds to city's proposed anti-discrimination law
WSBT-TV ReporterTwo years ago Friday, President Obama signed the controversial Affordable Health Care Act. On that anniversary, protesters hit the streets in cities across the country. More than 100 people gathered in front of the Morris Performing Arts Center in...Tags: Justice and Rights, Gays and Lesbians, Family Planning, Religion and Belief, Health Treatments
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National 'religious freedom' rally sparks big South Bend turnout
South Bend Tribune Staff WriterA large crowd rallied Friday at Jon R. Hunt Plaza as part of a nationwide network of protests against the federal mandate that insurers provide birth control in all employer health plans, even those at many religious organizations. Men, women and...Tags: Family Planning, Minority Groups, Employment Opportunities, Health Treatments, Belief and Faith
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Obama birth control policy options
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration is laying out options for carrying out the president's compromise on free birth control for women working at church-affiliated institutions like hospitals and colleges.
A regulatory proposal unveiled...Tags: Family Planning, Religion and Belief, Barack Obama, Health Treatments, Healthcare Policies
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Arizona bill would allow businesses to ask women about contraception use
Arizona businesses may soon be able to question female employees' use of contraception.
State lawmakers are considering a bill that would let employers deny women contraception coverage and ask them why they are using it.
Arizona already has a law on...Tags: Family Planning, Health Treatments, Health, Career and Workplace, Labor Legislation
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Evangelicals want reversal of birth control rule
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A group of evangelical pastors is joining Roman Catholic leaders who oppose an Obama administration requirement that employees of religiously affiliated businesses receive birth control coverage. Family Research Council...Tags: Family Planning, Health Treatments, Health
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Being a pill about the pill? Santorum vs US views
WASHINGTON (AP) — Most Americans don't share Rick Santorum's absolutist take on abortion. He's out of step on women in combat. He questions the values of the two-thirds of mothers who work. He's even troubled by something as commonplace as birth...Tags: U.S. Senate, Human Accomplishments, Elections, Science and Technology, Health Treatments
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Study: Many teen moms didn't think it could happen
ATLANTA (AP) — A new U.S. government study suggests a lot of teenage girls are clueless about their chances of getting pregnant. In a survey of thousands of teenage mothers who had unintended pregnancies, about a third said they didn't use birth...Tags: Health Treatments, Family Planning, Health Treatments, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Health
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Catholic non-profits oppose federal rule on birth control
South Bend TribuneArea Catholic colleges and other religious-based employers are considering their options in the wake of a federal order that they must provide birth-control coverage to women employees by Aug. 1, 2013. The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services...Tags: Government, Freedom of Religion, Health Treatments, Civil Rights, Roman Catholicism
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Local religious leaders pleased with contraception compromise
WSBT-TV ReporterSOUTH BEND – President Obama announced a health insurance reform plan at midday Friday to appease Catholic church and religious-affiliated employers opposed to birth control use. Local religious leaders said the president's resolution is a step in...Tags: Freedom of Religion, Family Planning, Health Treatments, Roman Catholicism, Dan Coats
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No over-the-counter sales for morning-after pill
MISHAWAKA – The controversial Plan B or "morning-After pill" as it's called will not be moved to drug store shelves after all.
The FDA was planning on approving changes to the way the pill was sold with allowing girls under 17 to buy it without...Tags: Food and Drug Administration, Family Planning, Planned Parenthood, Health Treatments, Health
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Sitting Around Thinking
The compromise announced Friday by the Obama administration on birth control as part of health care seems reasonable to me (point of clarity, I am Catholic), but in this political season, reason doesn’t seem to be a top priority. Before the change,...Tags: College Sports, Clint Eastwood, Family Planning, Employees, Ellen DeGeneres
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Obama expected to announce birth control rule changes Friday
Associated Press White House CorrespondentWASHINGTON (AP) — A person familiar with the decision says President Barack Obama will announce a plan to accommodate religious employers outraged by a rule that would require them to cover birth control for women free of charge. Obama is...Tags: Family Planning, Barack Obama, Health Treatments, Washington, DC, Health
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