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Seattle Public Schools Ban Soda But Supply 11 Year Old Girls With IUD’s
Presently in Washington State, minors may obtain or refuse birth control services at any age without the consent of a parent or guardian but they are prohibited from purchasing soda pop in public schools. Apparently relying on a few studies done … Continue reading
Posted in Constitutional Law, Criminal Law, Education, Health Care, Legal Analysis, Legal Theory
Tagged Birth Control
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When Catholic Health Care Systems Own Your Doctor: The New Threat to Affordable Birth Control for Women
By Elaine Magliaro Patricia Miller has a chilling article over at Salon titled When the Catholic Church owns your doctor: The insidious new threat to affordable birth control. Miller’s article opens with a story about a woman named Angela Valavanis. … Continue reading
Posted in Constitutional Law, Democracy, Health Care, Health Care Insurance, Hospitals, Pharmaceuticals, Religion, Reproductive Rights, Roman Catholic Church, United States, Women's Rights
Tagged Birth Control, Catholic Health Care Systems, Catholic Hospitals, Contraception, Contraceptives, United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, Vasectomies
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Comedian Amy Schumer Responds to Birth Control Debate with Hilarious Prescription Ad Parody
By Elaine Magliaro Comedian Amy Schumer has a killer parody of a contraceptive prescription ad. In it, Schumer “satirizes just how hard it is for a woman to get her hands on birth control, following the commercial’s instructions to ask … Continue reading
Posted in Christianity, Conservatives, Constitutional Law, Drug Policy, Equal Rights, Fundamentalism, Government, Health Care, Health Care Insurance, Pharmaceuticals, Physicians, Politics, Propaganda, Religion, Reproductive Rights, Society, Tea Party, United States
Tagged Amy Schumer, Birth Control, Contraception, Contraceptives, Hobby Lobby, SCOTUS
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The Vagina Vigilantes Strike Again!: Republican Members of the House of Representatives Vote to Strike Down D.C. Law That Bans Reproductive Discrimination
By Elaine Magliaro Aaron C. Davis of The Washington Post reported last Thursday that the House of Representatives had “voted along party lines late Thursday to strike down a D.C. law on ideological grounds for the first time in almost … Continue reading
Posted in Christianity, Civil Liberties, Conservatives, Constitutional Law, Democracy, Equal Rights, Fundamentalism, Government, Health Care, Health Care Insurance, Jurisprudence, Local Government, Pharmaceuticals, Political Science, Politics, Religion, Reproductive Rights, United States, Women's Rights
Tagged Abortion, Birth Control, Contraception, Contraceptives, District of Columbia, Eleanor Holmes Norton, House of Representatives, John Boehner, Republicans, Ted Cruz, Vagina Vigilantes
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Catholic Bishops and Religious Rights vs. Women’s Rights…and Women’s Health
By Elaine Magliaro NOTE: I originally posted the following article at Res Ipsa Loquitor on March 4, 2012. I decided to repost it at Flowers for Socrates after reading Mike Spindell’s article Proof Most “Right to Life” People Are Liars. In … Continue reading
“SCROTUS”: A Song by Roy Zimmerman
Submitted by Elaine Magliaro I want to thank OroLee for posting the following Roy Zimmerman video in the comments on my column titled Pro-Life Nurse-Midwife Sues Tampa Family Health Centers for Not Hiring Her after She Said She Wouldn’t Prescribe … Continue reading
Are Religious Discrimination Lawsuits the Religious Right’s “New Front” in the Birth Control War?
By Elaine Magliaro Earlier this week, I published a post about Sara Hellwege, the pro-life nurse-midwife who is suing Tampa Family Health Centers (TFHC). TFHC refused to hire Hellwege because she said that she would not prescribe hormonal contraceptives to … Continue reading
Pro-Life Nurse-Midwife Sues Tampa Family Health Centers for Not Hiring Her after She Said She Wouldn’t Prescribe “Hormonal” Contraception
By Elaine Magliaro In an article that she wrote for Slate titled Pro-Life Nurse-Midwife Who Won’t Prescribe the Pill Sues Family Planning Center for Not Hiring Her, Andrea Marcotte poses the following question: Is “religious freedom” about being free to … Continue reading
Posted in Conservatives, Courts, Health Care, Pharmaceuticals, Politics, Religion, Reproductive Rights, SCOTUS, United States
Tagged Birth Control, Contraception, Hobby Lobby
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A Mark Fiore Political Cartoon: Religious Liberty for Corporations
SUBMITTED BY ELAINE MAGLIARO Mark Fiore says that since corporations got their free speech rights—they’re now fighting to get freedom of religion. He adds, “With the “Hobby Lobby” case before the Supreme Court, the contraception mandate in the Affordable Care … Continue reading
Posted in Animation, Constitutional Law, Health Care Insurance, Pharmaceuticals, Politics, Religion, SCOTUS
Tagged ACA, Birth Control, Mark Fiore
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Just for Fun on Friday a Mark Fiore Cartoon Video: The Gospel According to Bishops
POSTED BY ELAINE MAGLIARO
Posted in Christianity, Health Care, Religion, Roman Catholic Church
Tagged ACA, Birth Control
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