Governor Won’t Exempt Hospitals From Pill Law
Gov. Mitt Romney abandoned plans to exempt Roman Catholic and other private hospitals from a new law requiring them to dispense emergency contraception to rape victims.
Romney had initially backed regulations proposed by his public health commissioner, Paul Cote Jr., who said the new law conflicted with an older law barring the state from forcing private hospitals to dispense contraceptive devices.
The Republican governor, who is considering a run for president in 2008, said his legal advisors told him that all hospitals were required to offer the so-called morning-after pill.
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