CONTRACEPTION
Feds: Morning-after pill appeal officially on hold 
The Obama administration's appeal in the legal fight over morning-after pills has been officially put on hold until a judge weighs a new plan to allow girls of all ages to buy the contraceptives without a prescription, according to a government letter filed Tuesday.
By Tom Hays , June 11, 2013
OTC morning-after pill sales coming, but not yet
Don't look for the morning-after pill to move next to the condoms on drugstore shelves right away — but after a decade-plus fight, it appears it really will happen. Backed into a corner by a series of court rulings, the Obama administration has agreed to let the Plan B One-Step brand of emergency contraception sell over the counter to anyone of any age.
By Lauran Neergaard , June 11, 2013
Feds: All girls to have morning-after pill access
The federal government on Monday told a judge it will reverse course and take steps to comply with his order to allow girls of any age to buy emergency contraception without prescriptions.
By Tom Hays , June 10, 2013
Court: Girls can buy morning-after pill, for now
Girls of any age can buy generic versions of emergency contraception without a prescription while the federal government appeals a judge's ruling allowing the sales, according to a ruling Wednesday by a federal appeals court.
By Larry Neumeister and Lauran Neergaard , June 05, 2013
More U.S. Women use ‘morning after’ pill
More U.S. women are taking the “morning-after” pill, but generally just once, according to the government’s first report on how the emergency contraception drug has been used since regulators eased access to it in 2006.
By Susan Heavey , February 25, 2013
Native women face patchwork of policies for Plan B
Months after the federal Indian Health Service said it was finalizing a policy that would make emergency contraception more accessible to American Indian women, advocates say they're still waiting.
By Felicia Fonseca , October 25, 2012
Ellen Tetrault, Grand Forks, letter: Don’t let feds force violations of conscience
It’s hard to believe that any president would demand that Christian people pay for something they believe to be morally wrong, but it has happened.
By Ellen Tetrault , June 10, 2012
James Kerian, Grafton, N.D., letter: Democrats support what N.D. voters oppose
North Dakota voters are already pretty disgusted with Obamacare, and it seems unlikely that they will rally around the Democrats’ plan to use the federal government to force even religious institutions to buy coverage for contraceptives, abortifacients and sterilizations.
By James Kerian , March 27, 2012
Obama recasts birth control debate on own terms
President Barack Obama is casting the contraception controversy as an issue of women's rights, not religious freedom, seizing on what backers see as a political gift from Rush Limbaugh to firm up support from women and young voters, groups essential to his re-election hopes.
By Julie Pace , March 03, 2012
Santorum: Romney answer on contraception shows he's not conservative 'at the core'
At a campaign rally today in Atlanta, Rick Santorum said Mitt Romney's "gut reaction" should have been to support the bill by Sen. Roy Blunt of Missouri, who is backing Romney's bid to become the GOP's presidential nominee. Critics said the measure would have limited insurance coverage of birth control. It was defeated today in the Senate.
By Dorie Turner , March 01, 2012
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