birth control

November 14, 2014

‘You People Need To Be Stopped:’ Babies And Personal Liberty

, the young woman who testified before Congress that she needed someone (you) to pay for her birth control, lost her bid for Senate in California. She was pushing for “progressive change,” which meant, in part, that someone (you) would be paying for lots of birth control. Continue Reading...

April 11, 2014

Acton On Tap: The Real War On Women

On Tuesday evening, Acton Communications Specialist Elise Hilton led a great discussion on the topic of “The Real War On Women” at Acton On Tap, held at San Chez Bistro in Downtown Grand Rapids, Michigan. Continue Reading...

March 09, 2012

Malthus and the Contraceptive Mandate

“The power of population,” wrote the Rev. Thomas Robert Malthus in 1798, “is indefinitely greater than the power in the earth to produce subsistence for man.” In other words, unless population growth is checked by moral restraint (refraining from having babies) or disaster (disease, famine, war) widespread poverty and degradation inevitably result. Continue Reading...

March 05, 2012

The Economics of Contraception

One of the justifications for the HHS mandates (amended now to require insurance companies to provide contraceptives free of charge) has been purely economic. The idea is that the use of contraceptives saves insurance companies (and by extension the rest of us) money, as it is less expensive to pay for condoms or birth control pills than to pay for a pregnancy and birth. Continue Reading...

February 09, 2012

Audio: Gregg on the Modern Papacy, Miller on Conscience Protection

A couple of Acton radio appearances to let you know about: First of all, Acton’s Director of Research Dr. Samuel Gregg joined host Al Kresta yesterday to discuss the modern papacy on Kresta in the Afternoon. Continue Reading...

February 08, 2012

Audio: Kishore Jayabalan on Mandates, Conscience, and Electoral Conseqences

Kishore Jayabalan, Director of Acton’s Rome Office, was called upon this morning by America’s Morning News to weigh in with the view from Rome on the Obama Administration’s HHS mandate that most employers – including religious institutions – provide contraceptives, sterilization, and abortifacient drugs as part of health care coverage. Continue Reading...

January 31, 2012

Audio: Dr. Donald Condit on the Trampling of Conscience Protections

Dr. Donald Condit is a regular contributor to Acton on matters relating to health care, most recently with his commentary on the Obama administration’s mandate that most employers and insurers to provide contraceptives, sterilization, and abortifacient drugs free of charge. Continue Reading...

August 21, 2007

Birth Control Price Increase May Send College Girls To Planned Parenthood

Time Magazine recently reported that birth-control pills on college campuses will surge in price this year due to new legislation regarding Medicaid. For decades college campus health centers have been a resource for budget-conscious female students seeking birth control. Continue Reading...