Showing posts with label Contraceptives. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Contraceptives. Show all posts
Wednesday, March 20, 2024

Pharmacist Violated Sex Discrimination Ban in Refusing to Fill Prescription for Emergency Contraceptive

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 In Anderson v. Aitkin Pharmacy Services, LLC ,  (MN App., March 18, 2024), a Minnesota state appellate court held that a pharmacist violate...
Thursday, March 14, 2024

5th Circuit: Texas Statute Giving Parents Right to Consent to Teens' Contraceptives Is Consistent with Title X

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 In Deanda v. Becerra ,  (5th Cir., March 12, 2024), the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals held that a Texas statute giving parents the righ...
Wednesday, January 24, 2024

White House Fact Sheet Focuses on Administration's Protection of Access to Reproductive Health Care

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On Monday, which was the 51st anniversary of the Supreme Court's decision in Roe v. Wade, the White House issued a Fact Sheet ( full tex...

Nurse Sues Clinic for Refusing to Accommodate Her Objection to Prescribing Contraceptives

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A religious discrimination lawsuit was filed last week in a Florida federal district court by a nurse-practitioner who was fired from her po...
Friday, December 22, 2023

Minnesota Court Hears Oral Arguments on Pharmacist's Refusal To Dispense Morning-After Pill

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The Minnesota Court of Appeals yesterday heard oral arguments ( audio of full oral arguments ) in Anderson v. Aitkin Pharmacy Services, LLC,...
Sunday, December 25, 2022

FDA Approves Label Change for Plan B Emergency Contraceptive: Not an Abortifacient

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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced on Friday that it has approved a labeling change for the emergency contraceptive Plan B One...
Monday, December 12, 2022

HHS Must Assure Parental Consent in Grantee Programs That Distribute Contraceptives to Minors

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In Deanda v. Becerra ,  (ND TX, Dec, 8, 20222), a Texas federal district court held that a Texas statute which protects parental rights to c...
Thursday, September 01, 2022

Nurse Sues Clinic For Violating State Conscience Protections

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Suit was filed yesterday in a Virginia state court by a Catholic nurse practitioner who was fired by a CVS Minute Clinic after she insisted ...
Wednesday, April 06, 2022

Colorado Governor Signs Reproductive Health Equity Act

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 On Monday, Colorado Governor Jared Polis signed  into law ( signing statement ) HB 22-1279 ( full text ), the Reproductive Health Equity Ac...
Wednesday, November 03, 2021

Nurse's Religious Objections Should Have Been Accommodated Under Illinois Right of Conscience Act

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 In Rojas v. Martell , (IL Cir. Ct., Oct. 25, 2021), an Illinois state trial court held that under Illinois Healthcare Right of Conscience A...
Tuesday, November 19, 2019

Suit Challenges New York's Ban On Reproductive Health Care Employment Discrimination

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A lawsuit was filed last week in a New York federal district court by a pro-life pregnancy care center, a religious pro-life pregnancy care ...
Sunday, October 14, 2018

HHS Grants to Catholic Bishops Conference Upheld

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In ACLU of Northern California v. Azar ,  (ND CA, Oct. 11, 2018), a California federal district court granted summary judgment to the govern...
Saturday, October 13, 2018

Norway's Supreme Court Upholds Doctor's Conscience Rights

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According to Irish Legal News , in a decision published last Thursday, Norway's Supreme Court held that the European Convention on Human...
Tuesday, June 28, 2016

Supreme Court Denies Review In Washington State Pharmacy Case

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The U.S. Supreme Court today denied review in Storman's Inc. v. Wiesman,   (Docket No. 15-682, cert. denied 6/28/2016), but over a 15-pa...
Friday, June 24, 2016

HHS Sued Over Allowing Catholic Agencies To Limit Health Services To Unaccompanied Immigrant Minors

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The ACLU today filed suit in a California federal district court alleging that officials in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services...
Tuesday, January 05, 2016

Cert Filed In Challenge By Pharmacies To Required Filling of Emergency Contraception RX

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Yesterday a petition for certiorari ( full text ) was filed with the U.S. Supreme Court in Stormans Inc. v. Wiesman,  (cert. filed, 1/4/2016...
Thursday, December 17, 2015

Groups Question Walgreen's Project With Catholic Health Care Clinics

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On Monday, a group of 19 advocacy organizations sent a letter ( full text ) to Walgreen Co. questioning the announced plans of Walgreen to p...
Friday, July 24, 2015

9th Circuit Rejects Free Exercise Challenge By Pharmacies To Required Filling of Emergency Contraception RX

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In Stormans, Inc. v. Wiesman , (9th Cir., July 23, 2015), the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals upheld against constitutional challenge rule...
Wednesday, April 08, 2015

FOIA Lawsuit Will Seek Documents On Religious Organizations Care For Imigrant Minors

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The ACLU announced last Friday that it plans to file a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit to obtain documents relating to HHS Administratio...
Monday, February 09, 2015

Catholic and Conservative Christian Groups Urge Congressional Disapproval of Two D.C. Ordinances

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Under Title VI of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act , Congress may disapprove laws enacted by the D.C. City Council.  Last week, fiftee...