The more women learn about their bodies and experience the direct impact of hormonal contraception, the more this growing minority looks for alternatives.
Contraception
Posted inLast Take, Politics & Society
Margaret Sanger’s extreme brand of eugenics
Even Planned Parenthood now seems embarrassed by Sanger’s support for forced sterilization, writes John J. Conley. Her targeting of the black population to reduce birth rates is equally troubling.
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Supreme Court to reexamine contraceptive mandate for religious employers
In 2013, religious groups and houses of worship were granted a religious exemption by the Supreme Court from the government’s mandate in the Affordable Care Act to include coverage of contraceptives and abortion-inducing drugs in their employee health plan.
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Court hears arguments in suit aiming to take mandate exemption from Little Sisters of the Poor
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals based in San Francisco heard oral arguments Oct. 19 in a lawsuit that aims to overturn a 2017 federal regulation expanding the exemption to the federal contraceptive mandate to include the Little Sisters of the Poor and other religious employers.
Posted inDispatches, Faith
Infographic: ‘Humanae Vitae’ anniversary sees an emphasis on Natural Family Planning in the church
Though most Catholics say they use artificial contraception, the church is finding a receptive audience for Natural Family Planning programs.
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Birth of an encyclical: Priest documents preparation of ‘Humanae Vitae’
Documents in the Vatican Secret Archives and the archives of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith prove it was a “myth” that Blessed Paul VI largely set out on his own in writing “Humanae Vitae,” the 1968 encyclical on married love and the regulation of births.
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Archbishop Chaput commemorates the 50th anniversary of “Humanae Vitae”
The encyclical is notably known for upholding church renouncement of contraception.
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Indiana bishop raises concerns about Notre Dame’s new contraceptive policy
“The Catholic Church clearly teaches that contraception is an immoral action that contradicts the truth of marital love.”
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State courts hear oral arguments on religious exemption for contraceptive coverage
The lawsuits aim to take away the exemption granted in October to the Little Sisters of the Poor and other religious employers allowing them to refuse to cover contraceptives for their employees on moral grounds.
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Free birth control coverage restored at University of Notre Dame
The University of Notre Dame is reversing itself and now telling employees they will continue to receive no-cost birth control coverage.