Posted by:  Caitlin Callahan, Legal Intern After a year of invasive tests and treatment for infertility, Guadalupe Benitez was told that she would need in vitro fertilization to become pregnant.  But, every doctor in the practice refused to conduct the procedure...

Posted by:  Leila Abolfazli, Senior Counsel Last summer, in a 5-4 decision, the Supreme Court decided that certain closely-held for-profit companies, like the arts and crafts chain store Hobby Lobby, could refuse to comply with the health care law’s requirement...

Posted by:  Andrea Johnson, Fellow “I’ve had to forego meals just so my boys would have enough to eat” –Jasmine Dixon, Walmart associate, CO "There were days when employees had to choose between paying for gas to get home and eating lunch" –Denise Barlage,...

Posted by:  Kelli Garcia, Senior Counsel Earlier this month Leslie Gauthier received a letter from her doctor stating that, as a “Catholic physician” the doctor would no longer prescribe birth control. Unfortunately, Ms. Gauthier’s experience is all too common....

Posted by:  Samantha Kovacs, Intern Dear 17-year-old Sam, Right now, it’s 2am on a Thursday night during your senior year. You just finished baking cookies and making signs for a football player, your cheerleading “locker buddy,” that you will never be thanked...

Posted by:  Amelia Bell, Fellow As Congress works to pass an appropriations bill in the next few weeks, proposals are being floated that would make certain tax breaks for big businesses and corporations permanent. These tax breaks, the so-called “tax extenders,”...