Women's Health

Health

With Budget Approval, Rape Kits Will Again Be Available in Boulder County

Beginning in 2015 sexual assault exams will once again be available in Boulder County. The Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner program, or SANE will be housed鈥�

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Colleges Straddle Line Between Assault Prevention And Victim-Blaming

Tovia Smith

When it comes to raising assault awareness among possible victims, figuring out what to say has been complicated for schools. Some that have tried have been criticized for putting the onus on victims.

Health

Rape Kits Aren't Available On Campus In Boulder, Fort Collins

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Jada Garber, tall and confident, was entering her senior year at the University of Colorado at Boulder in 2011 when she was forced into a group that she鈥�

Thai surrogate mother Pattaramon Chanbua with her baby Gammy, who was born with Down Syndrome. An Australian couple who'd arranged for Pattaramon to serve as their surrogate rejected the child.

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Surrogacy Storm In Thailand: A Rejected Baby, A Busy Babymaker

Michael Sullivan

Two controversial cases have put a spotlight on surrogacy in Thailand. Now the government is drafting new laws to stop abuse.

Politics

Amendment 67 Seeks To Add The Unborn To The Definition of Person And Child

Bente Birkeland

One of this November's statewide ballot questions may look familiar to Coloradans. For the third time since 2008 voters will decide the fate of an鈥�

A technician opens a vessel containing women's frozen egg cells in April 2011 in Amsterdam.

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Silicon Valley Companies Add New Benefit For Women: Egg-Freezing

Laura Sydell

The addition of the benefit by Facebook and Apple comes as tech companies face mounting pressure to hire more women, but some warn it may increase pressure those employees feel to put off having kids.

Sisters of the Servants of Mary from Kansas City, Kan., at a rally in 2012. Catholic employers don't want to offer insurance coverage for contraceptives, but Catholic insurance companies have quietly arranged for coverage for years.

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Which Catholics Offer Birth Control? Look To The Insurers

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Catholic universities and hospitals argue they shouldn't have to offer contraceptive coverage, but many Catholic insurance companies have been making it available for years.

Contraceptive coverage has long been required by state laws or sought by nonreligious employers the religious health plans serve.

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How Catholic Insurance Companies Outsource Contraceptive Coverage

Julie Rovner

For years Catholic health plans have been arranging for independent insurance firms to provide contraceptive coverage to their enrollees.

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Changing Tack, GOP Candidates Support Over-The-Counter Birth Control

Mara Liasson

A string of Republican Senate candidates are getting behind over-the-counter birth control, a move that could draw women voters.

Customers enter a Hobby Lobby store in Antioch, Calif., this past spring. The Supreme Court is ruling on the crafts store chain's resistance to portions of the Affordable Care Act. The store's owners cite their religious freedom.

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Some Companies Can Refuse To Cover Contraception, Supreme Court Says

Bill Chappell

The case, Burwell vs. Hobby Lobby, is perhaps the most important decision of the term. It centers on the Affordable Care Act's guarantee of no-cost prescription contraception.