Thursday, March 15, 2012

News bites: Bishops’ contraception crusade, Supreme Court’s critics, and more

Source: The Hill
The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops formally made its fight against President Obama's birth-control coverage mandate the church's top priority, The Washington Post reports.
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Thursday, March 8, 2012

New Hampshire House passes birth control exemption

Source: Reuters
New Hampshire's Republican-controlled House of Representatives voted on Wednesday to exempt religious institutions from having to include contraceptive coverage in health insurance plans.
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Tuesday, March 6, 2012

Young Catholic women back birth control use

Source: Boston Globe

Alexandra Mangione went to Catholic schools from kindergarten through high school and now attends Boston College. “I go to church. I believe in God,’’ says Mangione, a 20-year-old sophomore at the Catholic college. She also believes in birth control.

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Tuesday, February 14, 2012

Obama Allies Seek to Reframe Birth-Control Debate for Voters

Source: Bloomberg

The debate over President Barack Obama’s policy on contraceptive coverage is likely to persist, with the two sides struggling to frame the issue as either one over access to birth control or of religious freedom.

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