Missouri contraception

• JEFFERSON CITY • Gov. Jay Nixon today vetoed a bill that would have allowed employers and insurers to decide not to provide coverage for abortion, contraception or sterilization if such procedures run contrary to their religious beliefs or moral convictions.
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• KANSAS CITY, Mo.
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• JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri Gov.
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• JEFFERSON CITY • Will Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon sign or veto a bill that would let the states employers choose whether to cover sterilization, abortion and contraception? We may know tomorrow. Nixon has scheduled a news conference for 11 a.m.
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• In the year 2012, Missouri doesn't need to be debating birth control moral or ethical" objections for refusing to pay for contraception, as well as sterilization and abortion services.
(Columbia Missourian)
• The Guttmacher Institute estimates that more than 60 percent of the public dollars spent on family planning services – i.e.
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• Missouri Gov.
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• Standing behind the church are leaders of a number of other religious groups, including some that do not oppose contraception. "Religious freedom is the principle on which we stand," the Rev.
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• But she said Missouri Synod Lutherans and Catholics "are saying they are the only ones who have religious freedom.
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• Missouri U.S. Senate candidate Sarah Steelman (R Nikki Haley (R) defended the Republican Party in April for going after insurance coverage for contraception by arguing that women dont actually care about contraception.
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