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The U.S. Supreme Court says it will consider a case where private employers say should be able to refuse to cover contraception in insurance policies because of their religious beliefs. Photo courtesy Shutterstock.com

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RNS-REPRO-COERCE

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The Affordable Care Act contraception mandate continues to be a legal battleground over religious rights. RNS photo courtesy Shutterstock.com.

(RNS1-jan28) When a husband hides a wife’s birth control pills or a boyfriend takes off a condom in the middle of sex in hopes of getting an unwilling girlfriend pregnant, that’s a form of abuse called “reproductive coercion.” For use with NRS-REPRO-COERCE, transmitted on January 28, 2013, RNS photo courtesy Shutterstock.com.