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Hobby Lobby, Birth Control, And Our Ongoing Cultural Wars: Pleasure And Desire In The Crossfires, Robin West Jan 2016

Hobby Lobby, Birth Control, And Our Ongoing Cultural Wars: Pleasure And Desire In The Crossfires, Robin West

Health Matrix: The Journal of Law-Medicine

The article examines the political, legal and constitutional challenges related to Birth control laws in the U.S. It discusses Supreme Court jurisprudence, such as Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores Inc. and birth control drug law and treatments.


A Corporation Has No Soul — The Business Entity Law Response To Challenges To The Ppaca Contraceptive Mandate, Thomas E. Rutledge Feb 2014

A Corporation Has No Soul — The Business Entity Law Response To Challenges To The Ppaca Contraceptive Mandate, Thomas E. Rutledge

William & Mary Business Law Review

The most contentious matter in the implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is not one of health care, but rather one of the law of business organizations. Numerous for-profit business organizations have challenged the portion of the PPACA and its related regulations requiring that group health insurance plans provide, on a no-cost sharing basis, coverage for a variety of procedures and prescription medicines involving contraception and what some describe as “abortificants.” In these suits, the various business ventures and their owners assert that they should be exempt from the requirement of the mandate on the basis that, …


Making Contraception Easier To Swallow: Background And Religious Challenges To The Hhs Rule Mandating Coverage Of Contraceptives, Chad Brooker Jan 2012

Making Contraception Easier To Swallow: Background And Religious Challenges To The Hhs Rule Mandating Coverage Of Contraceptives, Chad Brooker

University of Maryland Law Journal of Race, Religion, Gender and Class

No abstract provided.


Reforms In Medical Device Regulation: An Examination Of The Silicone Gel Breast Implant Debacle, Rebecca Vveisman Sep 2010

Reforms In Medical Device Regulation: An Examination Of The Silicone Gel Breast Implant Debacle, Rebecca Vveisman

Golden Gate University Law Review

This article will consider the regulatory policies of the FDA in protecting the health of the nation's women, particularly its handling of silicone gel breast implants and its policing of the leading implant manufacturer, Dow Corning Corporation. While this article recognizes the various difficult problems which the FDA must address in protecting consumers from unsafe food, drugs, and medical devices, it also recognizes the need for reform. This article will describe what resulted from the tragedies of diethylstilbestrol (DES) and the Dalkon Shield. With these failures in mind, this article will examine present FDA policies, describe social forces outside of …


Conscientious Objectors Behind The Counter: Statutory Defenses To Tort Liability For Failure To Dispense Contraceptives, Jennifer E. Spreng Jan 2008

Conscientious Objectors Behind The Counter: Statutory Defenses To Tort Liability For Failure To Dispense Contraceptives, Jennifer E. Spreng

Saint Louis University Journal of Health Law & Policy

No abstract provided.