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Legal Wrap: The Anti-Contraception Movement’s Long History

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Legal contraception for single people has been a fight for over 40 years, and the latest challenges suggest the fight isn’t ending soon.

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Legal Wrap: A Big Win in Idaho, and Companies Fighting Contraception Coverage

The right tries to drum up support for personhood and fetal rights via criminal prosecutions.

A federal court strikes a bunch of abortion restrictions in Idaho, while another for-profit company tries and fight the birth control benefit.

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Notre Dame Lawsuit Challenging Contraception Mandate Dismissed

(Jezebel)

The University can’t challenge the contraception mandate because it faces no risk of injury from it, ruled a federal court.

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Federal Court Temporarily Blocks Missouri Law Excluding Insurance Coverage for Birth Control

(WiseGEEK)

As states pass their own laws allowing employers to discriminate in insurance benefits, federal courts must wrestle with how those laws interact with the federal contraception mandate.

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7th Circuit Blocks Contraception Mandate, Suggests Expansion of “Religious Liberty” for Corporations

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The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals appears ready to vastly expand corporate rights in the name of religious liberties.

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Hobby Lobby Denied Injunction, Must Comply With Mandate While Legal Challenge Proceeds

Photo (original): The Catholic Beat.

The Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals appears skeptical of claims for-profit corporations have religious rights.

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First Appellate Arguments On Birth Control Benefit Suggest Long Fight Ahead

Photo: Huffington Post.

A D.C. appellate court appears ready to let the first round of legal challenges to the contraception mandate survive.

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Hobby Lobby Appeals Contraception Ruling

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Within a day of a district court judge ruling the retail craft giant needed to comply with the health care reform law Hobby Lobby asks the appeallate courts to take a look.

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Yet Another Lawsuit Contests the Birth Control Benefit

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A lawsuit in Tennessee becomes the latest to challenge the contraception mandate in Obamacare.

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What’s Next In The Litigation Over The Obamacare Contraception Mandate?

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As another federal court temporarily blocks the mandate from taking effect, what comes next in the fight for comprehensive reproductive health care coverage?

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