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Obama’s updated contraception policy respects religious liberty & women’s rights

February 7, 2013 Gloria Shur Bilchik Civil Rights, Good government, Health care, Obama, Religion in Politics, Reproductive rights, Women Leave a comment

On Feb. 1, 2013, the Obama administration announced an update to its proposed contraception coverage policy under the healthcare law. The update comes in

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It’s not really about abortion

January 30, 2013 Susan Cunningham Health care, Reproductive rights, Women Leave a comment

Lady Sybil died at Downton Abbey tonight because two powerful men overruled the doctor who had known her since childhood and the mother whose reasoning powers were not

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Legislature overrules, women pay

September 14, 2012 Gloria Shur Bilchik Charity & Justice, Civil Rights, Consumer issues, Corporations, Health care, Missouri region, Politics, Religion in Politics, Reproductive rights, Women Leave a comment

Earlier this week [Sept. 12, 2012], the Replubican-dominated Missouri Legislature overturned Democratic Gov. Jay Nixon’s veto of a bill that allows employers to deny

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Rick Santorum, contraception, and the ghost of Anthony Comstock

April 5, 2012 Renee Shur Courts, Government, Health care, History, Reproductive rights, Women Leave a comment

Listen up, ladies. Did you think your reproductive destiny was yours to decide? Think again, because it looks like we’re going to be refighting

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Keeping us barefoot and pregnant

February 17, 2012 Susan Cunningham Civil Rights, Health care, Reproductive rights, Women 5 comments

The recent, manufactured controversy over insurance coverage for birth control coincided with receipt of my copy of a small book with facts about my Irish ancestors on

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