CCRV Passes Assembly AND Senate
It's official! CCRV has passed through the Assembly and Senate and is now set to be signed by the Governor!!!!! The coalition is working to a date for the signing set and we will notify you as soon as we know the details.
Details of the Senate Concurrence vote can be found below and video of today's vote will soon be available at: http://www.wisconsineye.org/wisEye_programming/ARCHIVES-senate.html
Congrats to all!
Legislator Reactions
Senator Robson http://www.thewheelerreport.com/releases/Feb08/feb28/0228robsoncompcare.pdf
Senator Miller http://www.thewheelerreport.com/releases/Feb08/feb28/0228millercompcare.pdf
Representative Pocan http://www.thewheelerreport.com/releases/Feb08/feb28/02208pocancompcare.pdf
Capital Times Coverage
http://www.madison.com/tct/mad/breaking_news/274776
Rape victims bills passes Judith Davidoff — 2/28/2008 3:21 pm
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."
Robson called passage of the bill "a major victory for the rights of victims and the rights of women. During the past few years, there has been a move by single-focus groups to chip away at a woman's access to contraception. This bill bucks that trend."
The bill initially passed the Senate in May. The Assembly passed a companion bill in December but because a technical change was made to the bill, the Senate needed to vote on the amended version before it could be sent to the governor for signing.
Emergency contraception is a high dose of emergency contraception, most often packaged as Plan B, that if taken within 72 hours of sexual intercourse is highly effective at preventing a pregnancy.