Birth


Donald Trump’s Contraceptive Coverage Rollback Sparks ACLU Lawsuit

It took just minutes for the first lawsuit to be announced last week after the Trump administration said it was rolling back Obamacare’s contraceptive coverage mandate, creating an exemption for faith-based organizations that said paying for employees’ birth control violated their faiths. The American Civil Liberties Union accused President Trump of discrimination by allowing employers to put …


Lawsuit Challenges Puerto Rico Transgender Birth Certificate Policy

A federal lawsuit urges Puerto Rico to allow transgender people to change the gender marker on their birth certificate. (Image by Nicolas Raymond; courtesy Flickr) Lambda Legal notes in the lawsuit it filed on behalf of four trans Puerto Ricans and Puerto Rico Para Tod@s, a local advocacy group, on April 6 that 46 out of 50 states allow trans people to change the gender marker on their birth …


Jury Awards Mountain Brook Couple $16 Million in Case Against Brookwood Medical Center

A Jefferson County Jury on Friday night awarded a $16 million verdict to a Mountain Brook couple on claims against Brookwood Medical Center for medical negligence and reckless fraud for the hospital’s natural birth advertising campaign at the time of their child’s birth in 2012. The verdict came in just before 10 p.m. Friday after about 10 hours of deliberations and a two-week trial, said David …


10 Political Decisions Affecting Women’s Health in 2016

More than 40 years since the passage of Roe v. Wade, United States politics are still fraught with arguments over the sovereignty of women’s bodies and decisions that make the upkeep of women’s reproductive health all the more expensive and difficult. The year is 2016, and although it may be hard to face reality, there lies a lamentable truth: The accessibility of women’s healthcare is not a …