The New York State Catholic Conference, which represents New York State’s bishops in matters of public policy, stated that they would accept the legislation “provided the drugs are not contra-indicated, the woman is not pregnant, and it is within a medically appropriate amount of time from the attack.” The conference also requested that the language that states that emergency contraception “cannot and does not cause abortions” be removed from the bill. The Ethical and Religious Directives (E.R.D.) for Catholic Health Care Services of the United States Catholic Conference of Bishops (no. 36) states, in regard to a woman who has been raped,
