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RELIGIOUS GROUPS SUE OVER MANDATORY CONTRACEPTIVE COVERAGE
New York State law challenged in the state Supreme Court. (1/1/2003)http://www.covermypills.org/latest/index.asp?id=48
SOME STATES NOW REQUIRING CONTRACEPTIVE COVERAGE
Beth Taggart pays $35 a month out of her own pocket for contraceptives because her insurance does not cover birth control pills. That doesn't seem quite fair to her, considering the sort of things her health plan does cover. (12/21/2002)http://www.covermypills.org/latest/index.asp?id=47
SOME STATES REQUIRING CONTRACEPTIVE COVERAGE
(12/13/2002)http://www.covermypills.org/latest/index.asp?id=46
PLANNED PARENTHOOD SUCCESSFULLY NEGOTIATES INSURANCE COVERAGE FOR CONTRACEPTIVES FOR DOW JONES EMPLOYEES
Planned Parenthood Federation of America is pleased to announce that its attorneys have successfully negotiated a settlement of legal charges brought against Dow Jones & Company by three Dow Jones employees. (12/5/2002)http://www.covermypills.org/latest/index.asp?id=44
PPFA-DOW JONES JOINT STATEMENT
PPFA successfully negotiated a settlement of discrimination charges filed against Dow Jones & Company by three Dow Jones employees with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. (12/5/2002)http://www.covermypills.org/latest/index.asp?id=45
FAMILY PLANNING ADVOCATES OF NEW YORK STATE APPLAUDS GOVERNOR PATAKI FOR SIGNING THE WOMEN'S HEALTH AND WELLNESS ACT
(9/18/2002)http://www.covermypills.org/latest/index.asp?id=43
SUIT VS. WAL-MART MADE CLASS ACTION
A federal judge has granted class-action status to a lawsuit that claims Wal-Mart's denial of health insurance coverage for birth control is unfair to female employees. (8/31/2002)http://www.covermypills.org/latest/index.asp?id=42
GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY TO COVER BIRTH CONTROL IN STUDENT HEALTH PLAN
Change Follows Complaint Alleging Sex Discrimination (8/29/2002)http://www.covermypills.org/latest/index.asp?id=40
LATEST FINDINGS ON EMPLOYER-BASED COVERAGE OF CONTRACEPTION
This memorandum provides background on the issue of contraceptive coverage and presents new findings from the soon to be released Kaiser/HRET 2002 Annual Survey of Employer-Sponsored Health Benefits. (8/28/2002)http://www.covermypills.org/latest/CC_memo.pd...
WIRE SERVICE GUILD WINS CONTRACEPTIVE COVERAGE AS HEALTH PLAN BENEFIT
Under threat of a Guild arbitration hearing, The Associated Press has agreed to provide prescription contraceptive coverage in its health benefits package. (8/26/2002)http://www.covermypills.org/latest/index.asp?id=38
CONTRACEPTIVE RULE TO REACH MORE WASHINGTON WOMEN
A formal Attorney General opinion requested by Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler has affirmed that prescription contraceptives cannot be withheld from state-regulated plans because of an employer�s religious or conscientious objection. (8/13/2002)http://www.covermypills.org/latest/index.asp?id=37
HOW TO GET YOUR COMPANY TO PAY THE BILL FOR THE PILL
The tide is turning in the battle to get employers to cover birth-control pills through health insurance. (7/31/2002)http://www.covermypills.org/latest/index.asp?id=36
WOMEN FIGHT FOR INSURANCE EQUITY IN COURT, AT WORK
Several new court cases, equal employment complaints and new laws add fuel to the ongoing battle for women seeking insurance coverage for contraception. (7/1/2002)http://www.womensenews.org/article.cfm/dyn/ai...
KENTUCKY HEALTH BOARD REJECTS MOVE TO CUT OFF FUNDING FOR CONTRACEPTIVES
By the slimmest of margins, a federal program that funds reproductive health care services to thousands of poor women was retained despite a push by anti-abortion activists. (6/20/2002)http://www.covermypills.org/latest/index.asp?id=33
WHO PAYS FOR THE PILL?
Women See Progress in Getting Birth Control Covered by Health Insurance (6/19/2002)http://www.covermypills.org/latest/index.asp?id=32
ABORTION RIVALS WATCH KENTUCKY VOTE
In the latest skirmish over abortion, some anti-abortion activists want a Kentucky health board to reject federal funding because some of the money is used for birth control pills. (6/19/2002)http://www.covermypills.org/latest/index.asp?id=31
NEW YORK SENATE, ASSEMBLY 'OVERWHELMINGLY' PASS WOMEN'S HEALTH BILL
The Women's Health & Wellness Act requires health insurers to cover prescription contraceptives, mammograms, bone density tests and cancer screenings. (6/18/2002)http://www.covermypills.org/latest/index.asp?id=29
PLANNED PARENTHOOD URGES SENATE TO REMEDY HEALTH CARE INEQUITY FOR WOMEN, PASS CONTRACEPTIVE COVERAGE BILL
Planned Parenthood Stands Up for Women in the Courts, in the States, on Campus and in Congress (6/18/2002)http://www.covermypills.org/latest/index.asp?id=30
DEAL IN ALBANY ON COVERAGE FOR WOMEN
NY Senate and Assembly have come to terms on a bill that would require insurers to cover a range of women's health services, like birth control and mammograms (6/13/2002)http://www.covermypills.org/latest/index.asp?id=28
CHRYSLER GROUP ADDS PRESCRIPTION CONTRACEPTIVE COVERAGE TO EMPLOYEE BENEFITS
The Chrysler Group expanded its employee benefits package to include coverage for prescription contraceptives (6/10/2002)http://www.covermypills.org/latest/index.asp?id=27
DOW JONES CHARGED IN COMPLAINT TO EEOC FOR DISCRIMINATION IN HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE
Charges Filed by Dow Jones Employees at the Wall Street Journal and SmartMoney (5/8/2002)http://www.covermypills.org/latest/index.asp?id=26
BEYOND BIRTH CONTROL: THE PILL TACKLES NEW DUTIES
An article in the New York Times telling why, in recent years, combined oral contraceptives � typically containing the hormones estrogen and progestin � have increasingly been prescribed for adolescent and teenage girls for noncontraceptive purposes. (5/7/2002)http://www.covermypills.org/latest/index.asp?id=25
PLANNED PARENTHOOD CELEBRATES VICTORY AS CONTRACEPTIVE EQUITY BECOMES LAW IN ARIZONA
Arizona�s contraceptive equity bill, HB 2234, was signed into law today by Governor Jane Hull. (4/23/2002)http://www.covermypills.org/latest/index.asp?id=22
CONTRACEPTIVE COVERAGE BILL MADE LAW IN MASSACHUSETTS
Lawmakers make responsible, preventive family planning part of health care plans (3/8/2002)http://www.covermypills.org/latest/index.asp?id=24
LAWMAKERS MAKE RESPONSIBLE, PREVENTIVE FAMILY PLANNING PART OF HEALTH CARE PLANS
Statement of Dianne Luby, President and CEO of the Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts (1/30/2002)http://www.covermypills.org/latest/index.asp?id=21
FEDERAL LAW URGED AS CULMINATION OF CONTRACEPTIVE INSURANCE COVERAGE CAMPAIGN
An article from "The Guttmacher Report", a publication of the Alan Guttmacher Institute (AGI) (10/31/2001)http://www.guttmacher.org/pubs/journals/gr040...
SENATE HEARING ON CONTRACEPTIVE INSURANCE COVERAGE
(9/11/2001)http://www.covermypills.org/latest/index.asp?id=17
MAJOR VICTORY FOR CONTRACEPTIVE COVERAGE EQUITY
Contraceptive coverage restored for federal employees. (7/26/2001)http://www.covermypills.org/latest/index.asp?id=16
MO GOVERNOR SIGNED WOMEN'S HEALTH BILL
This bill includes, along with other provisions, contraceptive coverage. (6/22/2001)http://www.covermypills.org/latest/index.asp?id=15
JUDGE SAYS HEALTH PLAN MUST INCLUDE BIRTH CONTROL
A federal judge ruled a company guilty of sexual discrimination Tuesday for not including birth control in its comprehensive health plan. (6/13/2001)http://www.cnn.com/2001/LAW/06/12/contracepti...
PP MEDIA ADVISORY: VICTORY IN ERICKSON V. BARTELL DRUG CO.
In the first federal case of its kind, Defendant Bartell Drug Co. was ordered to include prescription contraceptive coverage in its health plan. (6/12/2001)http://www.covermypills.org/latest/index.asp?id=11
FEDERAL DISTRICT COURT IN SEATTLE RULES THAT EXCLUSION OF PRESCRIPTION CONTRACEPTION FROM AN EMPLOYER'S HEALTH PLAN IS SEX DISCRIMINATION
Read the actual Decision in the Erickson v. Bartell Drug Co. case. (6/12/2001)Decision.html
MORE THAN 150 IN CONGRESS CRITICIZE BUSH'S PLAN TO END CONTRACEPTIVE COVERAGE FOR FEDERAL EMPLOYEES
50 senators and more than 100 representatives who have signed on to letters criticizing the President's proposal. (5/18/2001)http://report.kff.org/archive/repro/2001/5/kr...
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA TO OFFER BIRTH CONTROL INSURANCE
The University of Nebraska--Lincoln decides to begin covering contraceptives in its insurance policy after three years of hard work by the UNL Faculty Women's Caucus and the National Women's Law Center. (4/8/2001)http://www.covermypills.org/latest/index.asp?id=7
EEOC RULED THE RIGHT WAY ON BIRTH CONTROL PILLS
PP's own Susan Yolen explains the EEOC's December ruling on contraceptive coverage (1/2/2001)http://www.covermypills.org/latest/index.asp?id=8
EEOC RULES THAT EXCLUSION OF CONTRACEPTIVES IS SEX DISCRIMINATION
Read the PP Press Release regarding the EEOC's ruling (12/14/2000)http://www.covermypills.org/latest/index.asp?id=2
PP FILES UNPRECEDENTED SEX DISCRIMINATION LAW SUIT
Read a press release from PPWW immediately following the filing of the Erickson v. Bartell lawsuit (7/19/2000)http://www.covermypills.org/latest/index.asp?id=1
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