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Tag : hobby lobby
September 20, 2018 by Amie Newman
Sorry Brett Kavanaugh: Religious Women Use Birth Control
Before the big story of Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation hearings switched to an alleged attempted sexual assault from his youth, he had already earned women’s groups’ ire: he quoted a right-wing religious talking point, calling birth control “abortion-inducing.”
I’ll share a secret with you: that argument pushed by groups like Priests for Life, the group Kavanaugh quoted during his Supreme Court confirmation hearings last week, has nothing to do with the reality of what religious women do. They use birth control.
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July 2, 2014 by Talia Lavin
Your Guide to the Hobby Lobby Case and Its Crushing Consequences
Thousands of women may now face restrictions on access to contraceptives. (Wikimedia Commons)
Curious–or confused–about the fallout from Sebelius vs. Hobby Lobby, a case decided this week by the Supreme Court with potentially massive consequences for women’s health in the United States? Here’s a Lilith-curated roundup of articles on the subject, discussing consequences for religious minorities (including Jews); Ruth Bader-Ginsberg’s dissent on the ruling; and the fallout for women’s reproductive (and medical) choices in the United States.
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