Tag Archives: birth control

Vatican Might OK Contraception

An advisor close to Pope Francis has dropped hints that the Vatican may be close to allowing the use of contraception without eternal damnation (or whatever the penalty is.) Cardinal Walter Kasper said it was “the responsibility of the parents” to decide how many children they should have. He also said that so-called natural family planning, which is promoted by …

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Make Your Own Hobby Lobby IUD

“And now we can decorate it!” (Tipped by JMG reader Brian)

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Civil Rights & LGBT Groups Denounce Hobby Lobby Ruling By Supreme Court

The Center For Inquiry Today the Court made clear it does not view Americans’ access to medically necessary health care as a compelling government interest, and announced loud and clear that the religious preferences of employers take preference over the health needs of workers. In making its decision, the Supreme Court also made a determination that will cause significant confusion …

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Hobby Lobby Owners Celebrate

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Perkins Cheers Hobby Lobby Ruling

“The Supreme Court has delivered one of the most significant victories for religious freedom in our generation. We are thankful the Supreme Court agreed that the government went too far by mandating that family businesses owners must violate their consciences under threat of crippling fines.  All Americans can be thankful that the Court reaffirmed that freedom of conscience is a …

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SCOTUS Rules In Favor Of Hobby Lobby

The ruling was 5-4 with Justice Alito writing for the majority. Via MSNBC: The Supreme Court has ruled that a closely-held company can be exempt from the contraceptive coverage under the Affordable Care Act. The closely watched case pitted the administration and its allies, including women’s health advocates, against the religious right, which has repeatedly accused President Barack Obama of …

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Headline Of The Day

Details. (Tipped by JMG reader Smith)

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Hobby Lobby Founders Meet Pope Francis

(Tipped by JMG reader Str8 Grandmother)

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Billboard Of The Day

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SCOTUS Accepts Hobby Lobby Case

The Supreme Court today agreed to hear Hobby Lobby’s appeal of the portion of Obamacare which mandates that employers provide contraception coverage. The high court last year narrowly upheld the key funding provision of the health care law, a blockbuster ruling affirming that most Americans would be required to purchase insurance or pay a financial penalty — the so-called “individual …

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Dan Savage On Birth Control

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Bill Maher On Catholics & Birth Control

“We found out earlier this year or last year in the primaries, when the Republicans made contraception an issue, that 98 percent of Catholics use birth control. Apparently, the only ones who don’t are the priests. Oh, they would if altar boys could get pregnant.” – Bill Maher, speaking last night on the Conan O’Brien Show.  Maher’s joke has predictably …

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Headline Of The Day

Mostly without their knowledge or consent.

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Merry Xmas From NOM’s Quiverfulls

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Domino’s Pizza Founder Sues To Block Employee Access To Birth Control

Tom Monaghan, the founder of Domino’s Pizza, has filed a lawsuit to prevent employees from using the company health plan to get birth control. Monaghan is a devout Catholic and believes that using contraception is “gravely immoral,” according to his court filing. The suit adds that prior to the Affordable Care Act’s passage, the company specifically sought out insurance that …

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Catholic Nuns: Women Who Take Birth Control Cause Men To Crave Gay Sex

An order of Catholic nuns called the Children Of Mary has released a video which claims women who take birth control cause the men around them to commit homosexual acts. Or something. A group of Roman Catholic nuns in central Ohio has produced a short anti-contraception video hoping to get it in front of Catholics in all 50 states, starting …

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DNC Button: Sluts Vote

Dana Loesch is outraged: “Because nothing says ‘respect women; like wearing a giant slut button. Respect women, even when they reduce themselves to nothing more than vaginas in a craft project gone horribly wrong and advocate for female genocide. Who’s declaring a war on whom?” You just have to laugh.

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On Sale At Netroots Nation

From the same artist I blogged about yesterday.

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But Unlike YOU, Donohue, We’re Only Obsessed With The Sex WE Are Having

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Bill Donohue Vs Maureen Dowd

“My Dearest Maureen, I have a confession to make. While some may think you sound like a delusional weepy woman, don’t listen to them. You see, I was in on those meetings with the bishops when we hatched plans to stick it to women and sabotage the Democrats. We met over drinks. Plenty of them. Except for one bishop who …

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