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"james g. keegan jr." |
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19 Jun 2005 03:33:56 PM |
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Wisconsin May Ban Morning-After Pill |
Wisconsin May Ban Morning-After Pill
By RYAN J. FOLEY
Associated Press Writer
MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- The Wisconsin Assembly approved a ban on the so-
called morning-after pill on state college campuses, a restriction that
would be the first in the nation if approved.
The vote in the lower chamber late Thursday sends the bill to the state
Senate; both are controlled by Republicans. Democratic Gov. Jim Doyle
said he will veto the measure if it reaches his desk.
The legislation would prohibit University of Wisconsin System health
centers from advertising, prescribing or dispensing emergency
contraception - drugs that can block a pregnancy in the days after sex.
The state university system has 161,000 students on 26 campuses.
Republican Rep. Daniel LeMahieu introduced the bill after a health clinic
serving UW-Madison students published ads in campus newspapers inviting
students to call for prescriptions for the drug to use on spring break.
"Are we going to change the lifestyle of every UW student? No," LeMahieu
said. "But we can tell the university that you are not going to condone
it, you are not going to participate in it, and you are not going to use
our tax dollars to do it."
Democrats said the bill would deny rape victims a chance to stop
pregnancies and predicted it would lead to more unwanted pregnancies and
surgical abortions.
Democratic Rep. Marlin Schneider called the measure "a direct frontal
assault on the right to privacy, on the right of free speech, on the
right of a free press."
"Apparently some in this body want to take us back to the time when the
dispensing of contraception was a criminal act," Schneider said.
The morning-after pill, a heavy dosage of hormonal birth control, can
work to prevent a pregnancy up to five days after unprotected sex by
preventing ovulation or fertilization. UW students can get the drug at
discount rates from campus pharmacies funded by student fees.
The drug, which requires a prescription, was approved as a contraceptive
in 1998 by the Food and Drug Administration.
LeMahieu said the bill would not affect traditional birth control pills.
Attorney General Peg Lautenschlager said the bill was worded too vaguely
to know for sure.
The Assembly vote made Wisconsin the first state to seriously consider
banning emergency contraception on college campuses, said Elizabeth Nash,
who tracks state legislation at the Alan Guttmacher Institute, a think
tank that supports abortion rights. Bills in Virginia have died in the
past two years.
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On the Net:
Bill: http://www.legis.state.wi.us/2005/data/AB-343.pdf
University system: http://www.wisconsin.edu
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| User: "Ray Fischer" |
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| Title: Re: Wisconsin May Ban Morning-After Pill |
19 Jun 2005 07:40:29 PM |
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Wisconsin May Ban Morning-After Pill
By RYAN J. FOLEY
Associated Press Writer
MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- The Wisconsin Assembly approved a ban on the so-
called morning-after pill on state college campuses, a restriction that
would be the first in the nation if approved.
It will be ruled unconstitutional. Again. The courts have alreday
settled wether the states may ban contraception, and the answer has
been "no".
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Ray Fischer
rfischer@sonic.net
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| User: "james g. keegan jr." |
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| Title: Re: Wisconsin May Ban Morning-After Pill |
19 Jun 2005 08:08:51 PM |
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(Ray Fischer) wrote in news:d9539s$otl$1
@bolt.sonic.net:
Wisconsin May Ban Morning-After Pill
By RYAN J. FOLEY
Associated Press Writer
MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- The Wisconsin Assembly approved a ban on the so-
called morning-after pill on state college campuses, a restriction that
would be the first in the nation if approved.
It will be ruled unconstitutional. Again. The courts have alreday
settled wether the states may ban contraception, and the answer has
been "no".
thankfully.
still, the fact that the effort was made speaks to the misogynist mind set
of the wisconsin legislature -- something it would be good for voters to
remember at the next election.
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