The most braindead allegation was that Republicans harbored a secret plan to ban contraceptives.
For instance, women who smoke and are over age 45 should not use oral contraceptives.
Many of the entities, with Planned Parenthood being the most prominent, already furnish free contraceptives.
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By some estimates, a quarter of married women want contraceptives but cannot get them.
Since then, almost two dozen countries have developed plans to make sure women have access to contraceptives.
Experts say hormonal contraceptives are relatively safe, but there is some mixed scientific research on the topic.
Nor will it require anybody to practise contraception against their will (and most Catholics use contraceptives anyway).
With better education and access to contraceptives, we could go a long way toward stabilizing the population.
"Vietnam is roughly where Bangladesh was in 1981 in terms of modern methods of contraceptives, " says Palstra.
Connecticut, which held that married couples (later expanded to everyone) have a constitutionally protected right to purchase contraceptives.
Last month, he ordered that the levonorgestrel-based emergency contraceptives be made available without prescription and without age restrictions.
This year, Mylan expects to launch worldwide more than 500 new products, including a line of generic oral contraceptives.
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But the research found that taking oral contraceptives did not offer the women less chance of developing the disease.
Emergency contraceptives are intended for use within 72 hours after sex but are most effective if taken within 24 hours.
There are plenty of other ways to increase access to contraceptives that intrude far less on the free exercise of religion.
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Their programme in Nigeria is relatively new and country director, Richard Boustred, told me the supply of contraceptives can sometimes prove erratic.
Victoria Gillick had wanted to bar doctors from prescribing contraceptives to girls under 16 without telling their parents, but this was rejected.
Schools could help to reduce teenage pregnancies by encouraging their pupils to talk about relationships, not just explain how to use contraceptives.
The developing world has seen a particularly sharp increase - from 27% using contraceptives in the 1970s to 40% by the 1990s.
Also notable is that oral contraceptives are singled out, among thousands of drugs, for special treatment through the ban on co-pay requirements.
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To begin with, there is no crisis of access to affordable contraceptives.
The companies have proved reluctant in recent years to develop new contraceptives.
Those countries recording large falls in birth rates have governments that have decided to promote the use of contraceptives to modify fertility levels.
The Shaheen-Boxer-Murray argument was that oral contraceptives were prohibitively expensive for some women, yet banning co-pays clearly goes well beyond making them affordable.
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They must have easy access to a range of safe, effective, and affordable contraceptives and the information and counseling needed to use them.
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In recent years, U.S. researchers have found residues of more than 100 pharmaceutical drugs in drinking-water supplies, including antibiotics, hormones, contraceptives and steroids.
The factory runs on diesel generators and currently makes oral and injectable hormonal contraceptives, which the Muktadirs plan to export to emerging markets.
After studying the safety and efficacy of the low-dose pill, the ministry's Central Pharmaceutical Affairs Council agreed in February to approve oral contraceptives.
Does the mandate further the governmental interest in increasing cost-free access to contraceptives by means that are least restrictive of the employer's religious freedom?
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It was then left to the pharmaceutical council to tell the ministry to lift the ban, allowing firms to start distributing the new contraceptives.
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