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Lawsuit filed over Garrard teen's death
tkleffman@amnews.comSTANFORD — The estate of a Garrard County teenager who died last year is suing a Stanford medical clinic, doctor and nurse, alleging the girl was negligently prescribed birth control pills that caused her death. Named as defendants in the lawsuit,...Tags: Trials, Litigation, Justice System, Health Treatments, Health and Medical Professionals
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In 2013, escalating battles over claims of conscience
Let’s start the New Year with a conundrum as old as the Republic: When religious convictions clash with secular laws, how far should government go to accommodate religious claims of conscience? From Colonial conflicts over the refusal of Quakers...Tags: Gays and Lesbians, Belief and Faith, Roman Catholicism, Church and State Relations, Crime, Law and Justice
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Business' birth control coverage up for federal appeal
DENVER (AP) — In the most prominent challenge of its kind, Hobby Lobby Stores Inc. is asking a federal appeals court Thursday for an exemption from part of the federal health care law that requires it to offer employees health coverage that includes...
Tags: Belief and Faith, Justice System, Medical Procedures and Tests, Punishment, Crime, Law and Justice
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Community notes Thursday, May 23, 2013
Meetings Friday, May 24 Up North Network of BNI meets every Friday at the Charlevoix Public Library. Meetings are from 7-8:30 a.m. and visitors are welcome. For information or a reservation to attend, call Bill Ulvund, (231) 881-6700. Petoskey...Tags: Health, Sexual Assault, Arts and Culture, Libraries, Lobbying
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Mandating birth-control benefits unlawful, appeals court told
Tribune reporterLawyers for two Roman Catholic-owned companies in Illinois and Indiana argued before the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals Wednesday that a law forcing them to include birth control in their employees' benefits would violate their First Amendment rights....Tags: Trials, Belief and Faith, Roman Catholicism, Justice System, Medical Procedures and Tests
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Illinois business urges federal court to lift contraception mandate
Lawyers for two Roman Catholic-owned companies in Illinois and Indiana argued before the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago on Wednesday that a law forcing them to include birth control in their employees' benefits would violate their First...
Tags: Trials, Belief and Faith, Roman Catholicism, Medical Procedures and Tests, Justice System
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Quinn to decide whether birth control must be taught in sex ed classes
— Illinois public schools that teach sex education would be required to provide students information about birth control under a measure sent to Gov. Pat Quinn on Wednesday. The legislation is a departure from current policy, in which abstinence...
Tags: Executive Branch, Illinois Governor, Heather Steans, Government, Education
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Birth control in sex ed classes passes Illinois Senate
Clout StreetSPRINGFIELD --- Illinois public schools that teach sex education will be required to provide information about birth control under a measure the Senate sent to Gov. Pat Quinn on Wednesday. The legislation is a change from current policy, where...Tags: Illinois Governor, Illinois General Assembly, Education, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Health Treatments
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NCJW disappointed by 'pill' restrictions
Not since "the pill" became widely available in the 60s, has there been such a battle over birth control than the one currently being waged over "Plan B" emergency contraception and its restrictions. Moreover, following the Food and Drug Administration...Tags: Manufacturing and Engineering, Plan B (drug), Science and Technology, Personal Income, Justice System
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Parent questions birth control query
Dear Amy: My daughter, who is almost 12 years old, visited a hospital a couple of months ago, and a nurse asked her if she uses birth control. Is this is an appropriate question to ask a not-quite 12-year-old girl? I feel that it is the kind of question...
Tags: Media Industry, Social Media, Drugs and Medicines, Health Treatments, Family Planning
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Community notes Monday, May 20, 2013
Births A son, Alexander James Goldsmith, was born to Jayson and Sara Goldsmith of Boyne City at 4:41 p.m. on Thursday, May 16, 2013, at McLaren Northern Michigan in Petoskey. Alexander weighed 8 pounds, 6 ounces and was 20 1/2 inches long at birth. His...
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A birth control double standard
In the uproar about making the morning-after contraceptive known as Plan B available to our daughters, there has been no similar outcry about condoms and our sons. Anyone of any age can walk into a drugstore — as well as most grocery and big-box...
Tags: Plan B (drug), Feminism, Food and Drug Administration, Science and Technology, Justice System
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