Conn. bishops accept contraceptive law
Connecticut's Roman Catholic bishops have dropped their opposition to a new law requiring hospitals to give emergency contraception to rape victims.
Catholic hospitals in Connecticut already offer the contraception to rape victims, but only if they are not ovulating. The law which takes effect Monday requires the medication, called Plan B, whether or not a woman is ovulating, the Hartford (Conn.) Courant reported Friday.
In a statement Thursday, the bishops declared it sufficient to require a pregnancy test, and not an ovulation test, before the emergency contraceptive is administered to the rape victim. Connecticut's new law does require a pregnancy test.
The bishop said giving the Plan B pills without an ovulation test would not be judged an abortion nor an "intrinsically evil act," the Courant reported. // Copyright 2007 by United Press International
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