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Gov. M. Jodi Rell is siding with the state’s Catholic hospitals in the battle over whether the hospitals should be forced to offer the morning-after contraceptive pill for women who have been raped.
“I’m kind of comfortable the way it is - as long as I know that there are referrals being made to a regular hospital, for example, which is what the Catholic hospitals do now,” said Governor Rell, who is an Episcopalian. “Any hospital that opts out of a service based on religious beliefs already has that right under Connecticut law. The legislature would have to change that, and I’m not sure that they are prepared to do that.”
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“I’m kind of comfortable the way it is - as long as I know that there are referrals being made to a regular hospital, for example, which is what the Catholic hospitals do now,” said Governor Rell, who is an Episcopalian. “Any hospital that opts out of a service based on religious beliefs already has that right under Connecticut law. The legislature would have to change that, and I’m not sure that they are prepared to do that.”
courant.com/news/local/hc-ctplanb0303.artmar03,0,3620674.story