Posts Tagged ‘Birth’

The Death of Michele Bachmann’s Crazy Is the Birth of Ted Cruz, Arch Salesman

The provocative, apocalyptic Tea Party style of Michele Bachmann is out. Ted Cruz is in, as an optimistic motivational speaker, a friendlier arch conservative. At a dinner for New York Republicans on Wednesday night, the Texas senator played it safe, Yahoo's Holly Bailey reports, mostly talking about his inspiring biography as a Cuban immigrant's son, [...]

Bill Would Require Parents to Approve Use of Birth Control

North Carolina Republicans have proposed a bill that would require parents “to give their teenagers permission before they could receive birth control or be treated for sexually transmitted diseases, substance abuse or mental illness,” the Charlotte Observer reports. Taegan Goddard’s Political Wire Tweet This Post

The Birth of a Rumor

A reporter explains in New York Daily News how he inadvertently created the myth that Chuck Hagel spoke to a non-existent group called “Friends of Hamas.” Tweet This Post

Obama offers compromise on birth control health coverage

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Obama administration on Friday sought to settle a dispute with religious leaders over whether employees at faith-affiliated universities, hospitals and other institutions should have access to health insurance coverage for contraceptives. The new set of proposals would instead guarantee that employees at religious nonprofits would get access to birth control coverage [...]

Obama offers faith groups new birth control rule

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration on Friday announced a new accommodation for religious nonprofits that object to providing health insurance that covers birth control. Politics News Headlines – Yahoo! News Tweet This Post

Source: Religious get new opt-out on birth control

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration is announcing a broader opt-out for religious nonprofits that object to providing health insurance that covers birth control. Politics News Headlines – Yahoo! News Tweet This Post