The Guttmacher Institute offers this Feb. 1, 2014, summary of state policies on emergency contraception, including a chart that shows which states allow pharmacists to refuse to dispense it. See also the institute’s February 2014 explanation of state policies on insurance coverage of contraceptives.

Eleven percent of sexually experienced American women ages 15-44 have used emergency contraception at least once, according to the 2006–2010 National Survey of Family Growth. That’s a jump from 1 percent of such women in 1995, the study says.

According to a June 13, 2012, fact sheet by the Public Religion Research Institute, Americans are split pretty evenly on the question of whether religious liberty is under attack in America. Interesting dichotomies were reported for Catholics, though, with just 44 percent telling PRRI that religious freedoms are being threatened — but 53 percent of […]

This Nov. 1, 2013, fact sheet by the Public Religion Research Institute provides data from its research on Americans’ views on gay and lesbian issues, including whether such matters should be decided at the state or federal level.

Joseph La Rue serves as legal counsel for the Alliance Defending Freedom, which describes itself as “an alliance-building legal ministry that advocates for the right of people to freely live out their faith.” He is based in the organization’s Scottsdale, Ariz., headquarters. The alliance supported the measure approved in February 2014 by the Arizona Legislature to […]

Nancy K. Kaufman is chief executive officer of the National Council of Jewish Women. She has written about the group’s work, with others, in combating human trafficking in the U.S. since the early 1900s. Contact through the council’s New York headquarters.

The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community is an international movement that identifies as Muslim but differs from Orthodox Islam in its teachings. Its U.S. headquarters is in Maryland and it maintains more than 70 chapters across the U.S.

Read a Jan. 23, 2014, Religion News Service about increased interest in burials that are more Earth-friendly than has been the custom.

Carla Woody is the founding president of Kenosis Spirit Keepers, an Arizona-based nonprofit whose mission is to “honor and preserve the integrity of indigenous wisdom and sacred cultural practices by providing cross-cultural exchanges, education, and community-building opportunities.”