The Contraceptive Mandate Takes Another Hit
Judge Reed O’Connor’s decision is notable for both its expansion of religious exemptions, and its casual disregard for the realities of health insurance markets.
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Read more: Institutional Conscience, Individual Conscience Institutional Conscience, Individual Conscience
By Clíodhna Ní Chéileachair The debate over compulsory coverage for contraception rages on, with Notre Dame changing their policy on coverage for birth control again under Trump executive order allowing them to do so. The university had initially claimed that a requirement mandating them to provide contraceptive coverage was a burden on its exercise of…
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Read more: Why Are So Many American Women Dying in Childbirth? Why Are So Many American Women Dying in Childbirth?
By Clíodhna Ní Chéileachair In November Serena Williams, indisputably one of the greatest – if not the greatest – tennis player in history gave birth to her daughter by emergency Caesarean section. After the surgery, Williams reported to an attending nurse that she was experiencing shortness of breath and immediately assumed she was experiencing pulmonary embolism….
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Read more: Medical Abortions and the Internet Medical Abortions and the Internet
by Clíodhna Ní Chéileachair Early last summer, Facebook removed Women on Web’s page for ‘promoting drug use’. The Amsterdam-based organization connects women with doctors who prescribe the pills necessary for medical abortions and provides information on taking abortion pills, on contraception and on accessing abortion services in states where access to safe abortions is restricted…
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Read more: Morality, Maturity, and Abortion Access in the US Morality, Maturity, and Abortion Access in the US
by Clíodhna Ní Chéileachair In the complex web of restrictions on abortion access, parental consent laws and judicial bypass mechanisms play a small, but hugely significant part. States are entitled to enact parental consent and notification laws in relation to abortion care for minors, as long as they allow minors to ‘bypass’ this requirement judicially,…
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Read more: The Mexico City Rule and Maternal Death The Mexico City Rule and Maternal Death
By Clíodhna Ní Chéileachair The ‘Mexico City Rule’ is a Reagan-era regulation which bars US funding to worldwide NGOs which provide counselling relating to abortion, or referrals for abortion services, or which advocate for the expansion of abortion access. The regulation is a sticking point for the two-party reality of US politics, and has been…
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Read more: Book Launch: Law, Religion, and Health in the United States Book Launch: Law, Religion, and Health in the United States
Book Launch: Law, Religion, and Health in the United States September 27, 2017 12:00 PM Wasserstein Hall, Milstein West A (2019) Harvard Law School, 1585 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, MA In July 2017, Cambridge University Press will publish Law, Religion, and Health in the United States, co-edited by outgoing Petrie-Flom Center Executive Director Holly Fernandez Lynch, Faculty Director I….
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Read more: REGISTER NOW (1/23)! PFC’s 5th Annual Health Law Year in P/Review REGISTER NOW (1/23)! PFC’s 5th Annual Health Law Year in P/Review
Health Law Year in P/Review Featured Panel: The End of ObamaCare? Health Care Reform Under A New Administration January 23, 2017 Wasserstein Hall, Milstein West AB Harvard Law School, 1585 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, MA Register for this event The Fifth Annual Health Law Year in P/Review symposium will feature leading experts discussing major developments during…
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Read more: LIVE ONLINE TODAY @ NOON: President-Elect Trump’s Health Policy Agenda: Priorities, Strategies, and Predictions LIVE ONLINE TODAY @ NOON: President-Elect Trump’s Health Policy Agenda: Priorities, Strategies, and Predictions
Webinar: President-Elect Trump’s Health Policy Agenda: Priorities, Strategies, and Predictions Monday, December 19, 2016, 12:00 – 1:00pm WATCH LIVE ONLINE!: https://petrieflom.law.harvard.edu/events/details/president-elect-trumps-health-policy-agenda Submit your questions to the panelists via Twitter @PetrieFlom. Please join the Petrie-Flom Center for a live webinar to address what health care reform may look like under the new administration. Expert panelists will…
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Read more: Still Seeking Contraceptive Compromise After Zubik v. Burwell Still Seeking Contraceptive Compromise After Zubik v. Burwell
[Crossposted from RegBlog] By Allison Hoffman Zubik v. Burwell was this year’s Affordable Care Act (ACA) appearance on the Supreme Court stage. Consolidated with six other cases, Zubik challenged the ACA requirement that group health plans and health insurance issuers must provide free coverage of preventative services, including all contraceptive methods approved by the U.S….