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Teen birth rate decreasing, according to CDC report
WSBT-TVTeen pregnancy rates are down, way down, about half what they were twenty years ago, according to a new government report. It's encouraging news for nurses and counselors who say more teens are showing up at their offices, asking about contraception,...Tags: Disease Prevention, Health Treatments, Birth Control, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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LETTER: Shield Daughters From Hazardous Contraceptives
Regarding the May 19 letter "Be An Advocate For Your Life": Parents need to advocate for their daughters as well. Health care providers do not routinely inform both parents of minors and patients that oral contraceptives are classifed as Group I...Tags: Medical Research, Family, Children's Health, Health Treatments, Plan B (drug)
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Pro-choice groups protest Jackson fundraiser
RICHMOND – Planned Parenthood activists protested outside a fundraiser for GOP nominee for lieutenant governor E.W. Jackson Thursday to highlight what they said were a series of divisive comments he has made over the years. Jackson, a Chesapeake-...Tags: Social Issues, Planned Parenthood, Politics, Elections, Chesapeake (Chesapeake, Virginia)
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Business' birth control coverage up for federal appeal
DENVER (AP) — In the most prominent challenge of its kind, Hobby Lobby Stores Inc. is asking a federal appeals court Thursday for an exemption from part of the federal health care law that requires it to offer employees health coverage that includes...
Tags: Lobbying, Health Insurance, Employment Opportunities, Politics, Medical Procedures and Tests
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Community notes Thursday, May 23, 2013
Meetings Friday, May 24 Up North Network of BNI meets every Friday at the Charlevoix Public Library. Meetings are from 7-8:30 a.m. and visitors are welcome. For information or a reservation to attend, call Bill Ulvund, (231) 881-6700. Petoskey...Tags: Lobbying, Abusive Behavior, Arts and Culture, Sex Crimes, Planned Parenthood
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Illinois business urges federal court to lift contraception mandate
Lawyers for two Roman Catholic-owned companies in Illinois and Indiana argued before the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago on Wednesday that a law forcing them to include birth control in their employees' benefits would violate their First...
Tags: Civil Rights, Lawyers, Medical Procedures and Tests, American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois, Crime, Law and Justice
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Quinn to decide whether birth control must be taught in sex ed classes
— Illinois public schools that teach sex education would be required to provide students information about birth control under a measure sent to Gov. Pat Quinn on Wednesday. The legislation is a departure from current policy, in which abstinence...
Tags: Linda Holmes, Politics, Elections, Health and Safety at School, Education
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Mandating birth-control benefits unlawful, appeals court told
Tribune reporterLawyers for two Roman Catholic-owned companies in Illinois and Indiana argued before the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals Wednesday that a law forcing them to include birth control in their employees' benefits would violate their First Amendment rights....Tags: Lobbying, Civil Rights, Lawyers, Church and State Relations, Politics
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Truck driver shot while beating officer now charged
A 43-year-old truck driver who was shot by a Merrillville police officer he was beating in a Planned Parenthood parking lot this week has been charged. Craig Leonard Strand, of Portland, Ore., was charged Wednesday by the Lake County, Ind., prosecutor'...
Tags: Interior Policy, Personal Weapon Control, Social Issues, Crime, Law and Justice, Hospitals and Clinics
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Birth control in sex ed classes passes Illinois Senate
Clout StreetSPRINGFIELD --- Illinois public schools that teach sex education will be required to provide information about birth control under a measure the Senate sent to Gov. Pat Quinn on Wednesday. The legislation is a change from current policy, where...Tags: Illinois Governor, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Health Treatments, Pat Quinn, Health and Safety at School
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GOP questions IRS scrutiny of anti-abortion groups
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — When a small anti-abortion group in Iowa sought nonprofit status, the IRS asked its board to promise not to organize protests outside Planned Parenthood and demanded to know how its prayer meetings and protest signs were...
Tags: Social Issues, Parties and Movements, Abortion, Tea Party Movement, Career and Workplace
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NCJW disappointed by 'pill' restrictions
Not since "the pill" became widely available in the 60s, has there been such a battle over birth control than the one currently being waged over "Plan B" emergency contraception and its restrictions. Moreover, following the Food and Drug Administration...Tags: Interior Policy, Fort Lauderdale, Food and Drug Administration, Science and Technology, Juvenile Delinquency
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