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Contraception
Contraceptive use should be favored by the left and right
The following editorial appeared Monday in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Single-payer plan best solution to birth-control issue
The following editorial appeared Tuesday in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Arizona angle on health care law
NUMBER OF UNINSURED: 1.21 million state residents not covered, or about 19 percent
Brewer signs birth control exemption
PHOENIX - Arizona businesses that designate themselves as a "religiously affiliated employer" will no longer have to include contraception in the insurance coverage they provide for their workers.
Gov. Brewer signs contraception bill
PHOENIX (AP) — Gov. Jan Brewer signed a bill Friday that relaxes Arizona's requirement for health plans to cover contraception, legislation that supporters called a protection for religious freedom and that critics called an attack on women.
AZ bill to let more employers bypass contraception coverage goes to Brewer
PHOENIX — An Arizona Senate vote provides the final legislation approval for a bill to allow more employers to exempt themselves from the state’s requirement that health plans cover contraception.
House OKs contraception bill allowing more bosses to opt out
PHOENIX - A divided state House voted Thursday to expand the list of employers that can refuse to include contraceptive coverage in their health-care plans for workers.
Contraceptive-funding measure is set to return in scaled-back form
PHOENIX - State senators voted Thursday to resurrect a controversial measure over contraceptive funding after its chief proponent promised to change it.
Contraception exemption bill may be finished
Lawmakers who support a religious exemption allowing employers to opt out of contraception coverage received these gifts on Thursday.
Contraception exemption bill may be finished
PHOENIX - Arizona employers will not be able to deny contraceptive coverage to their workers because of their religious beliefs.
AZ lawmaker says contraceptive bill will have narrower focus
PHOENIX (AP) — A conservative bill that aimed to limit birth control coverage and generated a heated political fight is being revived in the Arizona Legislature.
Birth-control bill fails in Senate
PHOENIX - State senators declined Wednesday to let employers cite religious reasons to refuse to provide coverage for birth control for their workers.
Contraception debate is a false front for legislating one type of religion
Cloaked in the false flag of "religious freedom," what's happening in our state Capitol, in the Republican presidential primary race and across the country is the disintegration of a person's human rights.
Glendale lawmaker defends her birth-control bill
PHOENIX - A state representative who introduced legislation that would let more Arizona employers drop coverage for contraceptives defended her proposal at a rally Friday, responding to critics who say it intrudes on women's private lives.
Contraception bill being changed to overcome privacy concerns
PHOENIX - Supporters of legislation to let employers refuse to provide contraceptive coverage for their employees are reworking the measure to overcome privacy concerns and save it from possible defeat.
Obama joins in assailing Limbaugh
NEW YORK — Rush Limbaugh drew fire Friday from many directions, including President Barack Obama, for his depiction of a college student as a “slut” because she testified before Congress about the need for contraceptive coverage.
Any employer could opt out of birth control under Ariz. bill
PHOENIX - The state House voted Thursday to allow any employer to refuse to provide contraceptive coverage based on its religious beliefs.
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