The Supreme Court will not decide on a case involving the Affordable Care Act’s contraceptive mandate, instead sending it back to the lower courts, the judicial body announced Monday. Religiously affiliated non-profit groups brought the challenge to the high court, but the justices unanimously ruled against hearing the case. The decision was likely impacted by…
Ted Cruz accused Democrats of creating a phony “war on women” based on claims that Republicans party wants to restrict access to birth control. “The last I checked, we don’t have a rubber shortage in America,” the GOP presidential candidate said during a town hall here, responding to a question about the availability of contraception…
Rachel Maddow was dismayed on Wednesday by new Michigan legislation that opponents call the “rape insurance” law. The legislation, passed in December, makes it illegal for insurance plans to cover abortion. Instead, women now have to purchase riders to their insurance in order to obtain coverage for abortion services. The law goes into effect Thursday.…
Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee said on Thursday that Republicans need to push harder to win the votes of women. In turn, he criticized Democrats, saying they tell women that they are “helpless without Uncle Sugar coming in and providing them for them a prescription each month for birth control because they cannot control their…
