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More than 110 million Chinese-made condoms are seized in Ghana after laboratory tests revealed they had holes and burst easily.

Roman Catholic bishops said the latest plan from the Obama administration did not provide safeguards for hospitals, colleges and charities that objected to coverage.

Obamacare doesn't violate the religious freedom of employers that don't want to cover contraceptives, a federal judge in Missouri has ruled.

In killing a Republican effort to let employers and insurance companies deny coverage for contraceptives because of religious objections, the Senate upheld the administration’s policy.

Right-wing media are turning to an old discredited smear to attack President Obama, reviving the bogus claim that while serving in the Illinois State Senate, Obama "voted for infanticide," as Rush Limbaugh put it. Limbaugh went on to claim on his radio show today that "Barack Obama voted to allow babies who survived an abortion to go ahead and be killed" ...

Seven states filed a lawsuit Thursday against the federal government requirement that religious employers offer health insurance coverage that includes contraceptives and other birth control services.

President Barack Obama's new rule on contraceptives is an attack on religious freedom and Congress will act if necessary to stop it, House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner said on Wednesday.

Advocates for unfettered access to the “morning-after pill” Plan B One-Step took their case to President Obama’s chief science adviser Friday, asking him to find out the basis for the administration’s controversial decision last month to continue requiring that young girls get the drug only by prescription.

The emergency contraceptive Plan B will not be made available over-the-counter to younger teens, the Food and Drug Administration announced today, exposing a rift between the agency and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

They've been called noisy, unwieldy and like a plastic bag.