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Tuesday, February 21, 2006
Spitzer for ‘morning after’ pill
Pro-abortion group makes endorsement
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The Associated Press
ALBANY — Democratic candidate for governor Eliot Spitzer Monday promised to sign a bill that would allow pharmacists to dispense “morning after” conception-preventing pills to women and girls without prescriptions.
“New York needs open access to emergency contraception,” Spitzer told Planned Parenthood Advocates of New York after it endorsed the two-term attorney general.
“Better access could cut abortions in half,” he said of the emergency contraception. “If elected governor, I would sign it into law.”
In August, Republican Gov. George Pataki vetoed the bill approved by the Republican-led Senate and Democrat-led Assembly. Pataki, who supports abortion rights, had said he wanted minors to see a physician first. He also said he wanted to limit the number of pills dispensed and to prohibit men from getting the pills to encourage unprotected sex.
Pros and cons voiced
Critics of Pataki’s veto claimed he was playing to conservative national GOP leaders and to voters in Iowa and New Hampshire, key primary states for his possible 2008 presidential campaign.
Advocates of the bill say emergency contraception blocks conception and avoids abortions, while critics say it is a form of abortion.
The bill would allow women to avoid a wait for a doctor’s appointment to get the medication, which must be used within 72 hours of sex.
Republican candidates for governor John Faso and Patrick Manning both said they would have vetoed the bill…
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poughkeepsiejournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060221/NEWS01/602210307
Spitzer for ‘morning after’ pill
Pro-abortion group makes endorsement
http://www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/graphics/main/spacer.gif
The Associated Press
ALBANY — Democratic candidate for governor Eliot Spitzer Monday promised to sign a bill that would allow pharmacists to dispense “morning after” conception-preventing pills to women and girls without prescriptions.
“New York needs open access to emergency contraception,” Spitzer told Planned Parenthood Advocates of New York after it endorsed the two-term attorney general.
“Better access could cut abortions in half,” he said of the emergency contraception. “If elected governor, I would sign it into law.”
In August, Republican Gov. George Pataki vetoed the bill approved by the Republican-led Senate and Democrat-led Assembly. Pataki, who supports abortion rights, had said he wanted minors to see a physician first. He also said he wanted to limit the number of pills dispensed and to prohibit men from getting the pills to encourage unprotected sex.
Pros and cons voiced
Critics of Pataki’s veto claimed he was playing to conservative national GOP leaders and to voters in Iowa and New Hampshire, key primary states for his possible 2008 presidential campaign.
Advocates of the bill say emergency contraception blocks conception and avoids abortions, while critics say it is a form of abortion.
The bill would allow women to avoid a wait for a doctor’s appointment to get the medication, which must be used within 72 hours of sex.
Republican candidates for governor John Faso and Patrick Manning both said they would have vetoed the bill…
continued here:
poughkeepsiejournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060221/NEWS01/602210307