Excerpt: In an important recent ruling, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) held that employers who fail to provide insurance coverage for prescription contraceptives-- such as birth control pills, Norplant, Depo Provera, or intrauterine devices (IUDs)-- may be unlawfully discriminating against their female employees (and male employees with female dependents) on the basis of sex, if they cover other preventive treatments.  MORE >>