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US Federal Judge Permits Refusal of Care to Trans Patients and Women Who Have Had Abortions
Access to healthcare for women and transgender folks continues to come under fire in the United States in the name of religious freedom.
How Religious Liberty Bills Target Women and Regulate Sex
In the wake of the 2015 Supreme Court decision to recognize same-sex loving people’s right to marry in the United States, Congress has proposed the First Amendment Defense Act (FADA) under the guise of protecting “religious liberty” to allow employers and business owners to discriminate against gay people’s rights if they do not agree with homosexuality. […]
Why Aren’t the ‘All Lives Matter’ People Outraged About Ethan Couch?
This article was originally posted at Water Cooler Convos. In December 2013, news broke that a young, well-to-do 16-year-old White male named Ethan Couch had been sentenced to probation after mowing down four people in a drunken stupor, killing them all and injuring two others. The claim: he suffered from something called “affluenza” – […]
Supreme Court grants companies right to deny birth control to employees
The Supreme Court has ruled that family owned companies can opt out of the Affordable Care Act’s provisions that allow female employees no-cost prescription contraception in most health insurance if they have religious objections.