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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, Health, Birth Control, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Health Treatments
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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: Health Treatments, Health, Colleges and Universities, Health and Safety at Work, Labor Legislation
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Indiana Senate panel backs limits on abortion pill
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — An Indiana Senate committee on Wednesday approved a proposal to tighten laws on how women can receive the so-called abortion pill even though doctors testified that the measure mandates prescription of a more dangerous higher...Tags: Social Issues, U.S. Senate, Judges, Politics, Justice System
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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: Health, Health Treatments, United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, Birth Control, Christianity
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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: Health, Health Treatments, Food and Drug Administration, Pregnancy and Childbirth, Washington, DC
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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: Health Treatments, Health, Birth Control, Food and Drug Administration, Plan B (drug)
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Panel hears arguments over Ind. abortion funding
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A federal agency panel in Chicago will reconsider whether Indiana violated federal law when it decided to cut off Medicaid funding to Planned Parenthood and other abortion providers. Solicitor General Tom Fisher on Thursday...Tags: Health, Medicaid, Crime, Law and Justice, Social Issues, Abortion
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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: Super Bowl, Health Treatments, Health, Career and Workplace, Chrysler Group LLC
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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: Health Treatments, Health, White House, Birth Control, Washington, DC
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Spokane police serve search warrant for fetus
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Spokane police have served Planned Parenthood with a search warrant for an aborted fetus in hopes of proving a child rape case through the use of DNA. KREM-TV reports (http://bit.ly/ntdYBZ ) that a 15-year-old girl reported...Tags: Social Issues, Human Body, DNA, Planned Parenthood
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GOP to Planned Parenthood: Hand over records
WASHINGTON (AP) — A Republican-led House panel is investigating whether Planned Parenthood is improperly spending public money on abortions. The Energy and Commerce's investigations subcommittee has asked the group, to hand over more than a decade'...Tags: Social Issues, Washington, DC, Barack Obama, Republican Party, Planned Parenthood
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Health care overhaul leads to problems for Notre Dame
Religious institution or not? Notre Dame's president, Fr. John Jenkins, is asking the government for a better definition.
It all has to do with the federal healthcare overhaul, which requires colleges and universities to provide birth control for staff...Tags: Health Treatments, Career and Workplace, Health and Safety at School, Birth Control, Employment Opportunities
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