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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: Barack Obama, Kathleen Sebelius, Women's Health, Civil Rights, Abortion Issue
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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: Family Planning, Career and Workplace, Employment Opportunities, Lifestyle and Leisure, Lobbying
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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, Brooklyn (New York City), Kathleen Sebelius, Judges, Justice System
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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: Kathleen Sebelius, Barack Obama, Women's Health, Patty Murray, Judges
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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: Kathleen Sebelius, Manhattan (New York City), Women's Health, Judges, Family Planning
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Some urge Boehner: let Dems pass fiscal cliff bill
WASHINGTON (AP) — In case the public weren't frustrated enough over Congress' failure to resolve the "fiscal cliff," consider this: lawmakers probably could enact a compromise quickly and easily if Republican leaders let Democrats provide most of...Tags: Barack Obama, George W. Bush, Crime, Law and Justice, Republican Party, U.S. Congress
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Anti-tax conservatives say they'd rather jump off cliff than compromise
BOSTON (AP) — In the city where a protest over tax policy sparked a revolution, modern day tea party activists are cheering the recent Republican revolt in Washington that embarrassed House Speaker John Boehner and pushed the country closer to a...
Tags: Barack Obama, Tea Party Movement, Activism, Mitt Romney, Republican Party
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FDA debates over-the-counter morning-after pill
WASHINGTON (AP) — The government is considering whether it's OK for young teenagers to buy emergency contraception without a prescription. Teva Pharmaceuticals wants its Plan B morning-after pill to become the first truly over-the-counter form of...Tags: Women's Health, Washington, DC, Family Planning, Pregnancy and Childbirth, Health
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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: Family Planning, Planned Parenthood, Health, Food and Drug Administration, Birth Control
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Hoag Hospital criticized after dropping elective abortions
Hoag Hospital's decision to stop performing elective abortions in the wake of its affiliation with a Catholic healthcare group has sparked an outcry among women's rights advocates, who say the move diminishes access to high-quality reproductive care....
Tags: Women's Health, Hospitals and Clinics, Feminism, Social Issues
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Birth control without permission
We all know that every day, people in Mexico come across the border in pursuit of something they can't find in their country. What you may not know is that every day, people in the United States go across the border to Mexico for the same reason. They...
Tags: Diabetes, Flu, Chemical Industry, Family Planning, Gynecology
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U.S. judge approves FDA plan to drop limits on morning after pill
ReutersBy Karen Freifeld and Bernard Vaughan NEW YORK, June 13 (Reuters) - A U.S. district court judge on Wednesday approved a U.S. Food and Drug Administration plan to allow unrestricted sales of Plan B One-Step, a one-pill version of the emergency...Tags: Brooklyn (New York City), Judges, Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Limited, Family Planning, Justice System
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