Gender Discrimination Within the Reproductive Health Care System: Viagra v. Birth Control
Case Citation
Catholic Charities of Sacramento, Inc. v. Super. Ct., 85 P.3d 67 (Cal. 2004)
Background
Rejecting an "employer's challenge to the Women's Contraception Equity Act because the Act was facially neutral towards religion and under either the rational basis or strict scrutiny test, the Act passed constitutional muster.”
Article Publication Date
1999
Volume
13
Issue
2
Citing Quote
In the present controversy, one side posits that sex is an aspect of autonomy, a vital human function in which men and women should be able to engage, enjoying their sexuality "free from anxiety." (Hayden, Gender Discrimination Within the Reproductive Health Care System: Viagra v. Birth Control (1999) 13 J.L. & Health 171, 181 .)