FDA approves first over-the-counter birth control pill
Approval marks the first daily oral contraceptive pill approved for use in the U.S. without a prescription.
Wisconsin measure would increase birth control access
Similar bills have been unsuccessful in previous legislative sessions.
Court OK’s limiting free birth control on religious grounds
More employers who cite religious or moral grounds can decline to offer cost-free birth control coverage to their workers, the Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday, upholding Trump administration rules that could leave more than 70,000 women without free contraception.
GOP bill would allow pharmacists to prescribe birth control
Wisconsin Republican lawmakers find themselves in an unusual position, advocating for a bill they've introduced that broadens access to birth control.
22 hospitals fined over emergency contraception
Wisconsin has fined 22 hospitals for not complying with a law requiring them to offer emergency contraception to rape victims.
US Supreme Court avoids major ruling in birth control dispute
The U.S. Supreme Court failed to resolve a knotty dispute between faith-based groups and the Obama administration over birth control on Monday, the latest indication of the shorthanded court's struggle to find a majority for important cases taken up before Justice Antonin Scalia's death.
State to stop enforcing birth control law
Gov. Scott Walker's administration will no longer enforce the state's contraception coverage law for employers with religious objections following a U.S. Supreme Court ruling last month.
Government: Ruling backs nonprofits’ birth control plan (UPDATE)
The Obama administration said Wednesday that the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling in favor of the religious claims of Hobby Lobby and other for-profit businesses supports the government's position in separate, ongoing disputes with religious-oriented nonprofit organizations.
Justices: Can’t make employers cover contraception (UPDATE)
A sharply divided U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday that some companies with religious objections can avoid the contraceptives requirement in President Barack Obama's health care overhaul, the first time the high court has declared that businesses can hold religious views under federal law.
Health law birth control coverage before justices
The Obama administration and its opponents are renewing the Supreme Court battle over President Barack Obama's health care law in a case that pits the religious rights of employers against the rights of women to the birth control of their choice.
Appeals court rules couple can’t collect in birth control mix-up (UPDATE)
A clinic that mistakenly gave vitamins instead of birth-control pills to a West Bend woman doesn't have to pay to raise the child she conceived but can be sued for other financial damages, a state appeals court ruled Wednesday.
Federal judge blocks birth control mandate
A federal judge in Chicago has temporarily blocked the U.S. government from requiring an Illinois for-profit company to provide health insurance that covers birth control.
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