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contraception
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July 16, 2019, 3:02 pm
Number of new HIV cases up for second year in a row
Health Ministry records minor drop in number of men who tested positive for virus in 2018 but increase in number of female carriers
By
ToI Staff
December 16, 2017, 2:04 am
US judge blocks Trump anti-contraception measure
Ruling represents setback for president, who said all businesses could refuse to provide free birth control means to employees for religious or moral reasons
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October 8, 2017, 10:45 pm
Jewish groups oppose rollback of contraception coverage
Exception to Affordable Care Act for employers blasted as ‘attack on women’ and ‘pandering to religious right’
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February 19, 2017, 4:23 am
In reviewing ‘Hobby Lobby’ opinion, Jews see reasons to diverge over Neil Gorsuch
Like some partisan issues before it, the Religious Freedom Restoration Act has had a polarizing effect on traditionally liberal or conservative denominations
By
Ron Kampeas
February 1, 2015, 3:18 am
Carl Djerassi, father of birth control pill, dies at 91
Jewish chemist and Stanford University professor fled Austria to US in 1939, at the age of 16
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July 4, 2014, 8:19 pm
Supreme’s take on contraception a Pandora’s box for US Jews
While Orthodox groups that had joined an amicus brief backing Hobby Lobby and Conestoga praised decision on religious freedom, liberal Jews see it as a ‘minefield’
By
Ron Kampeas
June 30, 2014, 6:20 pm
US Supreme Court: Can’t force employers to cover contraception
Landmark ruling allows corporations to uphold religious beliefs, permits them to opt out of health law
By
Mark Sherman
April 16, 2014, 1:57 pm
Iranian parliament to mull vasectomy ban
As population declines, supreme leader introduces measures to reign in abortions and encourage reproduction
By
Marissa Newman
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March 4, 2014, 12:33 pm
FDA pulls Teva exclusivity for morning after pill
Physician News Digest: Teva’s version of Plan B One-Step is no longer the only emergency contraceptive teens can buy
July 1, 2013, 7:28 pm
Ethiopians in Israel have fewer children, study finds
But Knesset investigation can’t confirm claims that women were given contraceptives without consent
July 30, 2012, 12:09 am
Iran tells parents to get busy, have babies
Family planning programs have been cut from the current year’s budget in an attempt to promote pregnancies
By
Nasser Karimi
June 19, 2012, 2:37 pm
OU formally comments on Obama contraceptive coverage rules
The movement raised the matter in a meeting with Obama on June 5, making clear that the Orthodox Jewish objection was not to contraception, but to government interference
February 15, 2012, 11:39 am
US Jews’ contraception conundrums
Seeing the issue as one relating to the separation of Church and State, Jewish groups spoke out on both sides of Obama’s recent debate over contraception
By
Ron Kampeas
February 11, 2012, 9:39 am
Obama’s contraception compromise praised by Jewish groups
Religious institutions that do not support contraception can direct women to insurance companies that provide services for free, still protecting women’s rights to choose
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