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U.S. health plans required to provide free birth control

U.S. guidelines say insurers can’t charge co-pays for contraception.

Personhood bill passes in Oklahoma Senate

The bill could outlaw abortion even in cases of rape.

Providing full access to contraception would cut maternal mortality rates by a third

A new study has found that providing full access to contraception in developing nations would cut maternal deaths by a third.

The U.S. Affordable Health Care Act passed a reform requiring all emergency contraception and birth control pills to be free of co-payments or other deductibles as of August 1, 2011. This is considered a major breakthrough in women's healthcare, but it has faced opposition from religious groups that say these preventatives make pregnancy seem like a disease.

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