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Christian Right Group on an Anti-LGBTQ Crusade in Brazil

Snapshot from the Brazilian Carnival.

Brazil is a country of contradictions. It can produce both the Brazilian Carnival and house right-wing Christian empires.

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Latest Seventh Circuit Decision on Birth Control Benefit Paves Another Path To SCOTUS

(Viox Services)

Another appellate court weighs in on the birth control benefit, and in doing so makes clearer the issues the Supreme Court will be asked to resolve. But a powerful dissenting opinion underscores the real issues.

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So What’s the Deal with the New Contraception Mandate Rules?

18 for-profit companies have filed lawsuits against providing birth control coverage for their employees as part of employee health care under the Affordable Care Act. Here's a brief introduction to those companies.

I would argue that the new proposed rules don’t change anything for women. At all. They don’t restrict contraception access, nor do they take away contraception access previously available.

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Texas GOP Considers Turning State Into Tax Dodge Over Contraception Mandate

(weaselzippers.us)

A new law would give employers a tax break for ignoring federal law.

 

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Using “Religious Liberty” to Hide Religious Overreach

We have been hearing plenty about “religious liberty” lately. Now let’s see who’s using the term “religious liberty” in a novel way, trying to conceal a campaign of religious overreach.

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National Religious Group Votes to Make Reproductive Justice A Priority for Action

Here is some religious liberty news that we reproductive justicers can celebrate: on Saturday, hundreds of Unitarian Universalist congregational delegates voted to make Reproductive Justice their next action and study issue.

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Arizona Law Endorses Malpractice and Discrimination In Defense Of “Religious Liberty”

Photo courtesy of mrbill via Flickr

Arizona continues a nationwide trend of legislating away protections from malpractice and unethical conduct in the name of religious liberty.

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