The justices waxed poetic in their comments on the state’s archaic law, and the decision laid the foundation for other reproductive rights laws — including the right to end a pregnancy, which we debate ad nauseam while paying scant attention to children who come into homes unprepared for them. Last year, the state of Connecticut instituted compassionate care legislation, which guarantees rape victims access to the full dose of emergency contraceptives (widely known as Plan B) in any hospital. The proposal suggests that for the purposes of health care workers, pregnancy begins when the sperm and the egg are joined, at the act of sex — something with which august bodies such as the American Medical Association , American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, and the British Medical Association disagree. The proposal flies in the face of science, and redefines pregnancy to a point that would also redefine abortion, and affect a slate of important state laws, said Jillian Gilchrest, executive director of NARAL Pro-Choice Connecticut. Using the new definition of pregnancy, health care workers so inclined could beg off from the distribution of the birth control pill or a condom. read more
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