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This article clarifies the new mandate for contraception. The mandate states that employers cover contraception at no additional cost to the employee. The article also covers the lawsuits filed by companies with religious objections to the mandate.

There is less consequences for a teen to take the emergency contraception than to take aspirin but many, politics or the FDA do not think the same.

This article discusses the main points of the health insurance plan involving contraceptives. It explains the real reasons as to why this plan causes controversy.

With the current debate over the funding of planned parenthood I thought it would be fitting to add this in. Should contraceptive services be provided to women regardless of their employers personal beliefs?

Absolutely. Contraception is a medication used for many other health issues. Even though the main use is to prevent pregnancy, should you prevent others from using it to slow ovarian cyst growth? Most diabetes medicine has a side effect of weight loss. Should this medication be stopped, because weight loss drugs aren't covered by health insurance?

Abortion rates rise due to failed contraceptives and result in unwanted pregnancies. Individuals who chose to use contraceptives usually have more sex, so when they fail abortions are a choice they go with to get rid of the unwanted pregnancies.

A federal judge ruled in favor of a lumber company who opposed providing contraceptive coverage to employees on the grounds that it violated the companies religious beliefs. The article details an example of a for-profit company winning an exemption.

Supreme Court takes on a case regarding a business refusing contraception coverage to employees. Also explains that for-profit organizations do not have the same laws as non-profit organizations.

Website first has statistics about women who have abortions broken down by age and ethnicity. The site also has information about what contraception method was used (if any) that lead to pregnancies that were aborted. It then provides info on how far into the pregnancy when abortions are performed. Finally, it talks about safety concerns about abortions and the legal history of abortion in the United States.

This article explains how birth control should be available over the counter. They say how nothing major is required to receive birth control, and women can use a checklist to make sure they are eligible to obtain it.

More and more groups are becoming opposed to birth control, which is directly related to Catholic teachings. Catholics teachings do not accept birth control, but they do not try to hide access to them. This seems strange, but is actually key to family planning in Culture Wars and some Christian traditions.

The Supreme Court's decision in June that some companies did not have to provide contraceptive coverage for their employees only started the debate. In Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores, the Supreme Court decided that under the Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993, the religious convictions of a company's owners could apply to the company itself.

In a way, no. Today, 40 years after birth control became legal and five decades after the pill's introduction, there is a worldwide problem around women's access to birth control. While, religious people have always been aginst birth control, they are now getting republicans and presidential candidates involved.

Should the Plan b pill be sold over the counter? Should we keep it regulated?