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No-cost birth control, now the norm, faces court challenges

“The majority of employers want to cover birth control,” said Mara Gandal-Powers, a senior lawyer with the National Women’s Law Center. “We know that there are dozens of employers and entities that sued the Obama...

Trump’s changes to contraceptive coverage mandate blocked nationwide

Nearly 63 million women had insurance coverage that includes no-cost contraceptives -- which are used for birth control and other medical conditions -- in 2018, according to the National Women's Law Center.

Blue states try to halt Trump’s changes to contraceptive mandate

The administration estimates that the final rules will impact no more than 127,000 women, but nearly 63 million women had insurance coverage that includes no-cost birth control in 2018, according to the National Women's Law...

Education Secretary Betsy DeVos proposes controversial changes to campus sexual misconduct rules, narrowing definition of sexual harassment

The National Women's Law Center also called the rules "potentially devastating," because the organization says it would "undermine many of Title IX's essential protections."

Trump administration weakens Obamacare birth control coverage mandate

Fatima Goss Graves, president and CEO of the nonprofit National Women's Law Center, issued a statement Wednesday in response to the Trump administration finalizing the birth control rules. "The Trump Administration decided to finalize these outrageous rules,...

McDonald’s employees will strike to bring attention to sexual harassment

According to the National Women's Law Center, a 15-year-old cashier in St. Louis alleges that an older male employee said "You have a nice body. Have you ever had white chocolate inside you?" When the...