Birth Control

Catholic Church defends birth-control stance amid strong oppositionDenver PostThe pope recently urged US bishops to remain strongly counter to the culture — despite the fact that the church's intractable stance on birth control has been ignored at times by 98 percent of Catholic women.

ABC NewsFury over birth-control mandate trails HHS Sec.

Bishops reject softened birth control ruleBusinessWeekUS Roman Catholic bishops are rejecting the Obama administration's plan to accommodate faith groups that object to the birth control mandate.

The birth control catch-22InjuryBoard.

Christian Broadcasting Network (blog)Student health coverage dropped over birth controlTriValley CentralCINCINNATI (AP) — A Roman Catholic university in eastern Ohio says it will drop student health insurance partly because of a new federal health care rule requiring religious-affiliated institutions' insurance plans to provide contraception coverage.