Crime & Law
Court Sets 2 New Rules of Engagement on Abortion
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First buffer zones, then Hobby Lobby. After these back-to-back negative Court rulings, the pro-choice side needs to fight speech with speech and find a corporation to fight corporations.
Contraception
Ruling on Hobby Lobby Draws Strong Outcry
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The hashtag #NotMyBossBusiness is going strong on Twitter as critics decry a dangerous precedent that targets women and gives employers control over healthcare.
Abortion
Abusers Gun Ban Upheld; Michigan Spouses in Limbo
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The U.S. Supreme Court OK’d the law banning possession of guns by people convicted of domestic violence. Also this week, in Michigan, the governor said the state will not recognize 300 same-sex marriages performed between a court ruling and its appeal.
affordable care act
Hobby Lobby Case Could Deliver Women a Bitter Pill
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The government’s right to require employers to cover women’s birth control faces a High Court decision on the competing demand by a corporation to assert religious principles. Many expect the court decision to split along party lines.
Abortion
Veteran Pro Bono Lawyers Fight Health Care Law
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With millions of dollars at stake for Hobby Lobby, The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, which brought the first challenge to the contraceptive mandate, will represent the Oklahoma City concern before the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver on May 23.