Contraception
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Boston College condom controversy: School gets support from D.C. universities
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Both of Washington's prominent Catholic universities are backing Boston College in their attempt to stop a student group on the Massachusetts campus from passing out condoms to their peers.
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Morning-after pill usage spikes dramatically since 2002
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Use of emergency contraception among American women spiked between 2006 and 2010, more than doubling in that time span, according to a new Centers for Disease Control report.
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Ken Cuccinelli prescribes going to jail as contraception mandate protest
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Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli said on a syndicated radio program that going to jail may be an effective way to protest a federal mandate that employers cover contraceptives in insurance plans.
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United Nations: Contraception is a universal right
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The United Nations says access to contraception is a universal human right that could dramatically improve the lives of women and children in poor countries.
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Sidwell Friends condom email goes out to parents
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It looks like someone pulled one over on the parents of students at Sidwell Friends School, as parents received an email claiming that the school would now provide condoms to students.
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Kathleen Sebelius to address Georgetown grads amid contraception flap
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A planned graduation speech by Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius at Georgetown University is going forward, despite criticism of her from the Archdiocese of Washington.
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Rush Limbaugh issues an 'apology' to Georgetown Law student
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After calling a Georgetown Law student a 'slut' and a 'prostitute' and facing the loss of advertisers, Rush Limbaugh says he apologizes for his 'insulting word choices.' But critics say, 'This isn't an apology. It's a public relations statement.'
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With Limbaugh's help, Obama recasts birth control debate on his terms
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With his policies and his defense of the Georgetown law student Rush Limbaugh verbally attacked, President Barack Obama has cast the contraception controversy raging in America as an issue of women's rights, not religious freedom.
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Rush Limbaugh Georgetown comments: Students react angrily to host's opinion
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The day after Rush Limbaugh made comments about a Georgetown University law student that sent shockwaves across America, students on campus are reacting angrily to the talk show host's opinion.
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President Barack Obama calls Sandra Fluke
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President Barack Obama called the Georgetown law student at the center of the Rush Limbaugh birth control debate.
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Rush Limbaugh calls Georgetown Law student a 'slut' and a 'prostitute'
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Limbaugh lambasted Sandra Fluke, who two weeks ago was blocked by Republicans from testifying before a Capitol Hill hearing on religious freedom and contraception. House Speaker John Boehner denounced Limbaugh.
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Georgetown woman blocked from one-sided hearing on religious freedom, healthcare
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Democrats say the panel was stacked with conservative, male religious leaders. The committee chair refused to allow testimony from Sandra Fluke, a Georgetown Law School student. ABC7's Autria Godfrey talks with Fluke.
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