Contraception | Women's Law Project

New Studies Clarify Function of the Morning After Pill

by Barbara DiTullio | Jun 8, 2012 | Contraception, Health Care, Reproductive Rights, The New York Times, Women's health

Molly Duerig, WLP Undergraduate Intern The New York Times published an article yesterday clarifying the uncertainties that surround the functionality of emergency contraceptive methods such as Plan B One Step. Cited in the article were a number of research studies,...

A Lawsuit in Federal Court Seeks to Lift the Obama Administration’s Emergency Contraception Decision

by Barbara DiTullio | May 23, 2012 | Contraception, Courts, Emergency Contraception, Family Planning, Health Care, Reproductive Rights, Women's health

A federal district court in New York is considering “whether to force the federal government to lift the age restrictions on over-the-counter sale of emergency contraceptives.” This lawsuit, brought by the Center for Reproductive Rights, alleges that the Food and Drug...

Obama Administration Ensures a Wide Range of Contraceptive Insurance Coverage, Even at Religiously-Affiliated Institutions

by Barbara DiTullio | Feb 3, 2012 | Contraception, Family Planning, Reproductive Rights, Women's health

On January 20, 2012, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced the final rule that will require most new health insurance plans under the Preventive Care package of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to cover contraceptive services,...

Declining Rate of Reproductive Health Services Among Young Women

by Barbara DiTullio | Jan 3, 2012 | Contraception, Family Planning, Health Care, Health insurance, Reproductive Rights, Sexually Transmitted Disease, Women's health

Data from the National Survey of Family Growth polls show an 8% decline in reproductive health services among young women from 2002 to 2008. Low-income women were shown to be the least likely to have obtained reproductive health services. Researchers identified...

Obama Administration Inflicts a Blow to Women’s Health by Continuing to Restrict Access to Over-the-Counter Emergency Contraception

by Barbara DiTullio | Dec 19, 2011 | Contraception, Family Planning, Reproductive Rights, Women's health

In a disappointing and unprecedented move, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) overruled the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) recommendation to lift the age restriction on Plan B One Step, a form of emergency contraception. Plan B, often...

Guttmacher Report Shows Increase in Unintended Pregnancies Among Low-Income Women

by Barbara DiTullio | Oct 18, 2011 | Childbirth, Contraception, Family Planning, Pregnancy, Reproductive Rights, Women's health

According to a recent Guttmacher report, the overall rate of unintended pregnancy in the United States stayed the same between 1994 and 2006, but this is no neutral statistic. While the rate of unintended pregnancies has gone down among high-income women, the rate of...

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