2008 House Bill 6048 (Require offering emergency contraception to sexual assault victims )

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• Introduced by Rep. Rebekah Warren on May 6, 2008, to require emergency room or urgent care clinics to offer emergency contraception to victims of sexual assault.
  • Referred to the House Judiciary Committee on May 6, 2008.
    • Reported in the House on May 15, 2008, with the recommendation that the amendment be adopted and that the bill then pass.
  • Amendment offered in the House on May 27, 2008, to define emergency contraception as “a drug, medicine, oral hormonal compound, mixture, preparation, instrument, article, or device that is approved by the federal food and drug administration and that prevents a pregnancy after sexual intercourse. emergency contraception does not include a drug, medicine, oral hormonal compound, mixture, preparation, instrument, article, or device of any nature that is prescribed to terminate the pregnancy of a female”. The amendment passed in the House by voice vote on May 27, 2008.
• Passed in the House (57 to 51) on May 27, 2008. [Vote Details and Comments]
• Received in the Senate on June 3, 2008.
  • Referred to the Senate Health Policy Committee on June 3, 2008.

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Introduced by Rep. Rebekah Warren on May 6, 2008. Passed in the House (57 to 51) on May 27, 2008. New Comment