The state senate passed the Compassionate Care Bill — the law that would require emergency rooms to offer emergency contraception to rape survivors — by a huge margin of 32 to 3. Connecticut Local Politics has much, much more, so check out the post over there. And cross your fingers that the bill passes this year.
Similar Posts:
- Helpful Maps For Rape Victims in Joe Lieberman’s Connecticut by zuzu May 5, 2006
- Shocker: Anti-Choicers Lie. by Jill September 20, 2007
- The Nutmeg State Does Right by Women by bean May 17, 2007
- CT Rep. Speaks Out About Her Rape by Jill March 16, 2007
- Rape survivor jailed, denied EC by Jill January 30, 2007
You mean the bill to require Joe Liebermann to wake up at any time of night and personally chauffeur rape victims to ERs didn’t pass as well?
Norbizness,
That was introduced as an amendment, but it was never called. :-)
BTW, lots more from that day at My Left Nutmeg. And we’ll be live-blogging when the Connecticut House takes up the bill!
Wow, so many posts in like an hour. I daresay someone was caught in another less-than-ideally-helpful review session.
Meanwhile on the other side of the world.