In the meantime...

While a Pennsylvania bill requiring hospitals to provide emergency contraception has stalled in the House of Reps, it's good to see that Wisconsin is at least moving forward with a similar bill:

The Assembly, which worked into the early morning hours Wednesday on a variety of measures, passed a revised version of that bill on a 56-41 vote just before midnight.

Both houses must adopt identical legislation before it can go to Gov. Jim Doyle for his signature. Republicans who control the Assembly objected to a final reading of the bill Tuesday night, meaning the full body won't be able to vote to send it to the Senate until January.

The bill has already gone through a number of challenges, including efforts to get parental notification and allow hospitals to pull the old "conscience clause" and let them refuse EC on "moral or religious" grounds, but it was a no-go. Rep. Ann Hraychuck, D - Balsam Lake hit the nail on the head: "This is not about what my moral beliefs are. This is not about what your moral beliefs are. This is about victim's rights."

Indeed.