birth control

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Supreme Court is poised to deliver its verdict in a case that weighs the religious rights of employers and the right of women to the birth control of their choice.

The Supreme Court seems divided over whether employers' religious beliefs can free them from a part of the new health care law that requires that they provide coverage of birth control for employees at no extra charge.

A Supreme Court justice has blocked implementation of portions of President Barack Obama's health care law that would have forced some religion-affiliated organizations to provide health insurance for employees that includes birth control. Justice Sonia Sotomayor's decision came Tuesday night after a different effort by Catholic-affiliated groups from around the nation...

In a scathing rebuke of the Obama administration, a federal judge ruled Friday that age restrictions on over-the-counter sales of the morning-after pill are "arbitrary, capricious and unreasonable" and must end within 30 days.

A high-profile attorney is calling for Rush Limbaugh to be prosecuted for calling a college student a "slut" and a "prostitute" on his radio show.

The cost of birth control for women varies dramatically, from $9 a month for generic pills to $90 a month for some of the newest brands -- plus a doctor's visit for the prescription.

Radio host Rush Limbaugh has apologized to a Georgetown University law student for calling her insulting names.

The Senate is refusing to roll back President Barack Obama's policy on contraception insurance -- specifically, the requirement that insurers cover the costs of birth control.

The Senate on Thursday defeated a GOP effort to roll back President Barack Obama's policy on contraception insurance coverage in the first vote on an issue that raised questions of religious and women's rights and riled Americans in this volatile election year.

The Senate on Thursday defeated a GOP effort to roll back President Barack Obama's policy on contraception insurance coverage in the first vote on an issue that raised questions of religious and women's rights and riled Americans in this volatile election year.