Earlier this week The Wisconsin Legislature passed Assembly Bill 377/Senate Bill 129 aka "The Compassionate Care for Rape Victims Bill" and will almost certainly be signed into Law by Governor Jim Doyle.
While the bill had bipartisan support, the votes for passage were not unaiminous. In fact, the loudest dissentors came from those representing my own District: Rep. Dan LeMaheu of Oostburg, Rep. Steve Kestell of Elkhart Lake, and Senators Joe Liebham of Sheboygan and Senator Glen Grothman. Not surprisingly, all are Republicans.
What this Bill does is mandate that all Wisconsin hospitals now have to provide information and offer Emergency Contraception for any rape victim who comes to the hospitals and requests it.
So why on God's green earth would anybody in their right mind oppose this?
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