American Samizdat

Monday, July 25, 2005. *
[New York]'s Catholic leaders have stepped up the battle over a bill that would let women and girls get "morning after" contraceptives without prescriptions, despite the fact that the legislation has yet to hit Gov. George Pataki's desk. In a recent letter, New York's eight diocesan Roman Catholic bishops urged the governor to restore "common sense and time-tested values to the public square" by vetoing the bill.

The bishops, including Bishop Howard Hubbard of the Albany Roman Catholic Diocese, insisted in their July 6 letter that emergency contraception medication can be tantamount to an abortion because it can prevent a fertilized egg from becoming implanted in the uterus. They also voiced concern that the bill lacks an age restriction for the pills and doesn't require parental consent.
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