birth control
Does accommodating immorality make you angry? What if God does it?
By Rachel Marie Stone — July 9, 2014
I do believe that how we seek to do justice matters as much as the justice we seek, but believe it is messy world, and the Perfect is too often held up as the enemy of the Good Enough or even the Less Bad.
Questions remain on contraception coverage after ruling
By Jayne O'Donnell — July 3, 2014
(RNS) Observers remain divided over just how broadly Monday's Supreme Court decision in the case brought by crafts retailer Hobby Lobby and cabinet maker Conestoga Wood Specialties should be read and whether it could also apply to businesses that aren't closely held.
ANALYSIS: Hobby Lobby beat the contraception mandate. Here’s why the nuns may not
By David Gibson — July 1, 2014
(RNS) The Health and Human Services Department has already offered an accommodation to faith-based nonprofits that allows them to sign a waiver giving a third-party administrator permission to take care of the birth control coverage.
After Hobby Lobby, what’s next for religious freedom?
By Jonathan Merritt — June 30, 2014
Hobby Lobby won their fight against Obamacare's contraception mandate in a 5-4 Supreme Court ruling. But the struggle over the meaning and limits of religious liberty is far from over.
Planned Parenthood leans on stereotypes to argue view on Hobby Lobby case
By Cathy Lynn Grossman — June 25, 2014
However the Supreme Court rules, images of ogre bosses ruling women's reproductive lives don't inform the contraceptive mandate debate.
Awaiting Supreme Court’s Hobby Lobby ruling, public favors contraception mandate
By Cathy Lynn Grossman — June 23, 2014
WASHINGTON (RNS) In showdown of business owners vs individual choice on free contraception, the public has made its call. Soon the Supreme Court will weigh in.
Gallup: Gay sex, divorce, extramarital sex reach new highs of ‘moral acceptability’
By Kevin Eckstrom — May 30, 2014
WASHINGTON (RNS) The Gallup Poll's annual "moral acceptability" scale has been conducted since 2001 and charts shifting cultural attitudes on a number of hot-button social issues.
Hobby Lobby, Christian women, and contraception: More complicated than you might think
By Jonathan Merritt — April 10, 2014
New data analysis shows a sizable gender gap among Christians on contraception. Sixty percent of Christian women support health care plans that cover contraception or birth control at no cost.
May we have a (civil) word about Hobby Lobby and World Vision?
By Rachel Marie Stone — March 26, 2014
It's been a contentious week in the religious blogosphere. For the sake of our nation (and our world) -- and the people in this whole, diverse, wild, human family, I hope we can share civil words about what we believe is at stake.
Catholics call Pope Francis ‘a change for the better’
By Cathy Lynn Grossman — March 6, 2014
WASHINGTON (RNS) U.S. Catholics always like their pope but often ignore Catholic teachings. Now, a new survey on Pope Francis' first year finds that they "not only like the singer, they like the new song."
Fired Tenn. pharmacist sues Walgreens alleging religious bias
By Bob Smietana — February 14, 2014
(RNS) Pharmacist Phillip M. Hall, a Baptist, believes Plan B contraceptives cause abortions and he refused to dispense them.
COMMENTARY: Let Americans follow their religious beliefs
By Tony Perkins — February 10, 2014
(RNS) Without a positive result from the Supreme Court, the Green family, owners of Hobby Lobby, will be forced to pay millions of dollars in federal fines if they maintain their convictions.
SIDEBAR: How FDA-approved contraceptive methods work
By Cathy Lynn Grossman — January 28, 2014
WASHINGTON (RNS) An FDA web site explains the four major methods of contraception and how they work.
What’s abortifacient? Disputes over birth control fuel Obamacare fight
By Cathy Lynn Grossman — January 28, 2014
WASHINGTON (RNS) Religion, medicine and politics shape the way people define pregnancy and abortion -- key points in the battles over the Affordable Care Act's contraception mandate.
On National Religious Freedom Day, look abroad
By Brian Pellot — January 16, 2014
January 16 is Religious Freedom Day in the U.S. Yes, America’s still got issues. But let’s not forget how good we’ve got it compared to the North Koreas and Irans of the world.
