After years of conservative opposition and, more recently, months of procedural delay, a bill that requires hospitals to provide emergency contraception to rape victims finally passed the state Legislature today. Gov. Jim Doyle has said he would sign the bill.
Sen. Judy Robson, D-Beloit, praised the bill’s passage in a news release after the final vote in the state Senate.
“It was a long and sometimes rocky road getting here, but I am pleased that the Assembly leadership ultimately permitted a vote on this bill,” she said. “The broad bipartisan support it received in both houses shows this is not a partisan matter. It is not a political matter. It is a matter of humanity and compassion.”