from Helen Alvare
I’ve been working on several projects that have occupied all my little brain cells, including at the United Nations and around the U.S.
Rather than recount individual developments, I want to remark upon a few trends I have noticed. Perhaps these remarks might provide “talking points” when you are confronting arguments nowadays equating liberty for women with women’s (and girls!) sexual license. Read more…
Categories: Abortion, Birth Control, contraception, Health Care, HHS Contraception Mandate, Teenagers Tags: birth control, contraception, HHS Mandate, religious freedom, religious liberty, women
by Sheila Liaugminas
Now that’s become a very interesting question.
This election, candidates and campaigns are as focused as ever on demographics. But this year, the ‘Woman Vote’ has either hit a new stride, or been thrust into a endurance marathon. The competition over who speaks for women hasn’t been this strong since the original feminists emerged. That competition has re-emerged because their voices and message have been subjugated since Roe. Read more…
As though a 15-year-old is mature enough to make the decision to never have children. Umm, hello! Brains don’t mature until age 25. Will there be some serious regrets several years down the road as a result of this. Heck, yes! But it’s all okay in the face of “reproductive freedom”! The government cares little about us, people. They just want there to be less of us. It’s like a sci-fi novel now.
By Stephanie Zawada
Scandalous provision quietly takes effect in Oregon. Read more…
from the Manhattan Declaration
Individual Mandate Upheld; Religious Freedom Remains Undecided
By now, you know that the Supreme Court today voted to uphold President Obama’s health care law in a 5-4 decision, with Chief Justice John Roberts providing the decisive swing vote. President Obama responded quickly, urging “it’s time for us to move forward.”
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Look at the handy graphic.
Unless the entire act is struck down, the HHS cases move forward. Learn more here.
In the next few weeks the Supreme Court will decide the constitutionality of certain provisions of the Affordable Care Act. How does this impact the HHS lawsuits? The graphic above illustrates the three different scenarios. Read more…
from Helen Alvare
The Supreme Court has just announced its decision in the historic health care law cases Florida v. Dept. of Health and Human Services, and The National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius. The Court deemed the law constitutional. Read more…
An email from Helen Alvare
Thought you might like a brief update on the religious freedom front in connection with the HHS mandate on contraception and early abortion drugs.
The White House and HHS would certainly prefer that this issue go away until August 2013 when the mandate is currently scheduled to go into effect. But several federal lawsuits claiming violations of the Free Exercise Clause and the Religious Freedom Restoration Act are proceeding. The marvelous religious freedom law firm, the Becket Fund, is pursuing several cases. Information on these is available at http://www.becketfund.org/hhs/ Read more…
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