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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: Birth Control, Disease Prevention, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Health Treatments
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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: Hobbies, Politics, Health Insurance, Labor Legislation, Employment Opportunities
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Board OKs petition form for abortion proposal
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — An anti-abortion group seeking to ban Michigan health insurance plans from covering abortions without a supplemental policy cleared an early hurdle Wednesday in its effort to take the proposal to voters, even without Republican...Tags: Washington, DC, Planned Parenthood, Social Issues, Politics, Rick Snyder
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Philly abortion murder trial has national impact
For weeks, jurors in Philadelphia heard grim testimony about deaths and squalor at Dr. Kermit Gosnell's inner-city abortion clinic. While they listened, the murder case reverberated far beyond the courtroom, changing — at least for the moment...
Tags: Republican Party, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Politics, Prosecution, Hospitals and Clinics
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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: U.S. Department of Justice, Birth Control, Food and Drug Administration, Kathleen Sebelius, Barack Obama
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UPDATE: Ax-wielding man damages Planned Parenthood clinic
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) — Southern Indiana police arrested a man on suspicion of using an ax to smash windows and damage computers at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Bloomington on Thursday. Benjamin D. Curell, 27, of Ellettsville, was arrested on...
Tags: Computing and Information Technology Industry, Human Rights, Planned Parenthood, Social Issues, Politics
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Anti-abortion group satisfied with Indiana bill
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The president of a leading Indiana anti-abortion group said Friday it was satisfied with a proposal to tighten the state's laws on distribution of the abortion pill and won't push for additional measures before the end of the...
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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: Republican Party, Birth Control, Politics, Planned Parenthood, Abortion Issue
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Ultrasound mandate dropped from Indiana abortion bill
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A requirement that clinics offering the abortion pill perform ultrasounds on women seeking the drug was dropped Wednesday by Indiana legislators considering a broader bill aimed at tightening regulations on such clinics. Anti-...Tags: Litigation and Regulation, Crime, Law and Justice, Human Rights, Politics, Social Issues
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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: Justice System, Domino's Pizza Inc., Crime, Law and Justice, Birth Control, Court Preliminary
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Bill for tougher Ind. abortion pill law advances
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana clinics that provide only abortion drugs would face the same requirements as those where surgical abortions are performed under a proposal approved Wednesday by a state legislative committee. The bill approved by the...Tags: Medical Research, Personal Income, General Practitioners, Human Rights, Planned Parenthood
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Indiana prepares to go another round with feds
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — By turns, Indiana leaders have either chosen, begrudgingly, to work with Washington or fight it outright, and this year is no exception. Republican Gov. Mike Pence's fiery letter to U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary...
Tags: Planned Parenthood, Politics, Tea Party Movement, Health Insurance, Immigration
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