Contraception Conundrum Archives

Hey, Nuns: Your Cynical Birth Control Benefit Strategy Fools No One

Jul 9, 1:01pm

Nuns like the Little Sisters of the Poor have spent the past few years using their religion as a weapon to help a corrupt administration.

Imani Gandy

Trump and the Nuns Are Coming for Your Birth Control: A GIFsplanation

May 5, 12:09pm

The religious right continues to wield religion as a weapon against your rights guaranteed under the ACA to preventive health care without a co-pay, including birth control.

[Photo: Various individuals ranging in size, ability and expression, holding signs as they march in front of the National Mall during the Women's March.]

I Can’t Believe It’s 2019 and We’re Still Arguing About the Birth Control Benefit (Updated)

Jan 9, 2:42pm Imani Gandy

Regulations that would undercut the birth control benefit are set to go into effect January 14—but not if a handful of states have anything to say about it in federal court this week.

Jessica Mason Pieklo

Missed the Gorsuch Confirmation Hearings So Far? Here’s What You Need to Know

Mar 23, 9:23am

Wednesday marked the third day of Judge Neil Gorsuch's U.S. Supreme Court confirmation hearings in the Senate Judiciary Committee. Rewire's Vice President of Law and the Courts Jessica Mason Pieklo has been monitoring the scene.

#HandsOffMyBC: A ‘Zubik v. Burwell’ Oral Arguments Live-Tweet

Mar 23, 8:33pm

The eight Court justices will likely issue a ruling on the challenge to the Affordable Care Act's birth control benefit in June of this year. In the meantime, however, please enjoy my tweet-by-tweet breakdown of Wednesday's oral arguments.

If Birth Control Induces Abortions, Then So Does Voting for Ted Cruz

Mar 24, 11:41am Imani Gandy

Of course voting for Ted Cruz is not abortion-inducing. Neither is eating chocolate chip cookies or binge-watching television shows. But one thing is true: Cruz's policies would spell disaster for women.