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Notre Dame Students Sue Over Birth Control Coverage Changes

Michelle Banker is senior counsel at the National Women’s Law Center and one of the lawyers on the suit. She alleged the administration and the University made a private pact to allow Notre Dame to deny coverage to...

Notre Dame students sue school, White House over birth control policy

“We are exposing this deceptive tactic and taking the administration and Notre Dame to court to stop them from chipping away at our right to control our bodies and lives,” Fatima Graves, president and CEO of...

Supreme Court Blocks California Law Regulating Deceptive Anti-Abortion Pregnancy Centers

On Tuesday, pro-choice groups called the decision damaging. They have argued that signage providing “neutral” information is necessary to safeguard against “deceptive tactics” used by some crisis pregnancy centers to mask their religious or anti-abortion...

Lawsuit challenges deal between Notre Dame, Trump administration on birth control

The lawsuit challenges an October settlement agreement between the Trump administration and Notre Dame that paved the way for the university to drop some contraceptive coverage from the health insurance plans covering 17,000 employees, students...

Walgreens Pharmacist Refuses To Give Woman Prescription To End Pregnancy

According to the National Women’s Law Center, Arizona, Arkansas, Georgia, Idaho, Mississippi and South Dakota have laws or regulations that allow pharmacists to refuse to fill prescriptions for religious or moral reasons. In Alabama, Delaware,...

Walgreens pharmacist refuses to give Arizona woman drug to end pregnancy

Walgreens said the policy applies to all of its pharmacies across the country. But state laws on pharmacies vary: Six states, including Arizona, have laws or regulations that allow pharmacists to refuse to dispense medication...