“Contraception coverage fights spread to states”
Read a Feb. 22, 2012, Politico article about how the fight over contraception coverage is spreading to the states.
Category: Abortion & birth control
“States, Catholics sue over contraceptives rule”
Read a Feb. 23, 2012, Reuters story about the first major lawsuit being filed over the coverage mandate. The plaintiffs include seven states, as well as Catholic groups and individuals.
“How the Catholic Church almost came to accept birth control”
Read a Feb. 24, 2012, Washington Post op-ed column about the Catholic Church and birth control. It’s by historian Elaine Tyler May, author of America + the Pill: A History of Promise, Peril and Liberation.
“Democrats See Benefits in Battle on Contraception Access”
Read a Feb. 28, 2012, New York Times article about how Democrats are welcoming the focus on contraception.
“Church could be forced to ‘give up’ public work, Cardinal George says”
Read a Feb. 28, 2012, EWTN News/CNA article in which Chicago Cardinal Francis George says the Catholic Church may be forced to halt its work in the public square, such as in hospitals and universities, because of the contraception coverage mandate.
“The Bible and Birth Control”
Read a March 2, 2012, blog post on crosswalk.com about the Bible and birth control.
“Disparities in Unintended Pregnancy Grow, Even as National Rate Stagnates”
An August 2011 Guttmacher report outlines increasing disparities between the rich and the poor in rates of unintended pregnancy and abortion.
“Most Catholic women use birth control banned by church”
A Guttmacher Institute study found that 98 percent of sexually active Catholic women in the U.S. have used a birth control method not sanctioned by the church. The full report, titled “Countering Conventional Wisdom: New Evidence on Religion and Contraceptive Use,” provides numerous other religion-related statistics, as well.
“Mitt Romney and the GOP’s War on Birth Control”
Read a Feb. 6, 2012, article from U.S. News & World Report about the Republican party’s “war” on contraception. It reports that ninety-nine percent of U.S. women use birth control sometime during their childbearing years, according to the CDC.