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Thursday, 26 April 2007 |
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Vote: All Hospitals Must Offer It To Rape Victims
April 26, 2007
By MARK PAZNIOKAS, Courant Staff Writer The state Senate dealt Connecticut's Catholic bishops a lopsided political defeat Wednesday by requiring all hospitals to offer emergency contraception for rape victims.
Only hours after the bishops formally rejected legislative language accepted by Catholic clergy in other states, the Senate voted 32-3 to approve the emergency-contraception legislation.
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Thursday, 26 April 2007 |
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High Court ruling spurs move to redo state's old legislation
Danny Hakim, New York Times
Thursday, April 26, 2007
(04-26) 04:00 PDT Albany, N.Y. -- Gov. Eliot Spitzer said Wednesday he planned to introduce legislation to overhaul the state's pioneering but antiquated abortion law, shoring up abortion rights in New York.
The proposal follows the Supreme Court's decision last week to uphold the federal Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act, at a time when several other states are moving to tighten restrictions on abortion.
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