Religion & Law

FDA to Consider Approval for New Emergency Contraceptive
Salon.com: FDA considers a Plan C, by Tracy Clark-Flory: But anti-abortion activists want ulipristal acetate, a new and improved emergency contraceptive, to be banned Next week, the Food and Drug Administration is set to consider approval for an emergency contraceptive...

Phillipines: Sharp Decline in Publicly Funded Contraceptives in Creates Barriers to Women's Contraceptive Use
Guttmacher Institute news release: Cutbacks in Publicly Funded Contraceptive Services Reduce Filipino Women's Ability to Practice Contraception:Poor Women Most Affected by Higher Contraceptive Costs A sharp decline in publicly funded contraceptive services and supplies in the Philippines since 2004 has...

5-Day Emergency Contraceptive Approved by F.D.A. for Prescription Only
NY Times: F.D.A. Approves 5-Day Emergency Contraceptive, by Gardiner Harris: WASHINGTON ? Federal drug regulators on Friday approved a new form of emergency contraceptive pill that prevents pregnancies if taken as many as five days after unprotected intercourse...

Study Shows Adolescents' Contraceptive Use Has Higher Failure Rate
Guttmacher Institute news release: Adolescent Women's Contraceptive Use is Less Consistent than that of Adult Women, With a Much Higher Failure Rate: New Analysis Compares Evidence from More Than 40 Countries A new study of women?s contraceptive use around the...

Controversial 'Days-After' Contraceptive Pill Approved by FDA
Not only do women have a Plan B, now there is a plan C as well. The FDA has approved a contraceptive pill manufactured by Watson Pharmaceuticals Inc. which will be a contraceptive that women can take up to five...

New Male Contraceptive
From CBS News: The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has awarded a $100,000 grant to a couple of researchers investigating the use of ultrasound as a reversible male contraceptive. The technique already works on rats, according to James Tsuruta, of...

Ortho Evra Contraceptive Patch
allegedly causing fatal blood clots, heart attack, and stroke.

Hershey Co. et al.
allegedly involved in a chocolate price fixing scheme.

Wesley A. Snyder et al.
alleging the consultants perpetrated a Ponzi scheme by encouraging borrowers to lend more than they needed.