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Governor's choice to free money for family planning and prenatal care deserves applause - Better to advocate for condoms that prevent sexually transmitted diseases than to push birth control pills on women
- Unlike their older compatriots, young Republicans aren't squeamish about birth control.
- If city leaders are serious about reducing violence, they ought to look to birth control and welfare reform
- A local order of nuns that has sued the federal government over a contraception coverage requirement under Obamacare found hope in a ruling Monday by the Supreme Court, which backed the University of Notre Dame in a similar action.
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- To reduce teen pregnancy, the city must offer free, effective contraceptives to young people at risk
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- According to data collected by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Baltimore youth are more likely to engage in sexually risky behavior than are their national counterparts. Pronounced discrepancies exist between Baltimore and the rest of the nation regarding age of first sexual experience, number of sexual partners and rates of unprotected sex.
- American culture is increasingly secular and permissive, says Bob Ehrlich.
- There's another side to the story of the Howard County School Board member censured over her remark about condoms.
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- Democrat Anthony G. Brown and Republican Larry Hogan traded accusations of deception Tuesday in their first debate before the Nov. 4 election for governor.
- The attorney representing school board member Cindy Vaillancourt used lawyerly words in refuting the July complaint against her that came to light last week.
- Republican gubernatorial candidate Larry Hogan held a rally Wednesday to counter Democratic efforts to portray him as trying to take the state backwards on issues of abortion and contraception..
- Condoms work just fine to prevent pregnancy — if men will use them
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- The president of the American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists responds to a letter on OTC birth control.
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- The political action committee of Maryland's branch of the National Organization for Women gave Democratic gubernatorial candidate Anthony G. Brown its unqualified endorsement Monday.
- GOP attacks on Obamacare have subsided thanks to its successes but that doesn't mean U.S. health care system is in good shape
- Over-the-counter access to birth control would be a benefit to women, not a hindrance
- GOP candidates are touting their newfound support for expanded access to contraceptives, but the ploy could backfire
- At least 15 percent of American men have vasectomies, so when a study came out recently linking this common method of birth control to an increased risk of the most lethal kind of prostate cancer, it sparked some alarm in doctors' offices.
- Under increasing legal and political pressure the Obama administration issued a new rule Friday designed to ensure female employees have access to birth control while accommodating religious employers that object to covering it through their health insurance plans.
- Baltimore students created a graphic novel about sexual health at a six-week program at the Baltimore Health Department this summer.
- David S. Ewell, a retired banker, who was a Civil War buff, died July 8 of lung cancer at Gilchrist Hospice Care in Towson. He was 76.
- Sen. Barbara Mikulski is wrong to try to 'fix' the Supreme Court's Hobby Lobby decision.
- Democrats are counting on women voters in the mid-term election and the Hobby Lobby decision — and a broader assault on women's reproductive rights — has provided the incentive
- Letting men off the hook for contraceptives and child support
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- The Hobby Lobby decision is about much more than taking a few birth control options off the table for a few women. It is about leaders of closely held organizations imposing their religious beliefs on thousands of women, their health and the health of their families. This Supreme Court decision has started us down a dangerous path on which the religious beliefs of a third party enter the examination room and interfere with the doctor-patient relationship. This is an obtrusion we fear will
- The director of NARAL Pro-Choice Maryland says Larry Hogan's stance on women's reproductive health is still unclear.
- Slowing the growth of overpopulated, impoverished countries could help curb hunger, too
- Republican candidate for governor should be more forthcoming about his views on contraception and family planning
- Supreme Court decisions won't limit women's rights
- Larry Hogan says he is committed to access to birth control but calls the Hobby Lobby decision a manufactured political issue.
