Compassionate Care Update

The Assembly Judiciary Committee approved the Compassionate Care for Rape Victims Bill, but not before attaching an amendment that guts the legislation. The Judiciary Committee amendment would allow individual professionals and entire institutions to not comply will the bill. This would actually lower victim protections, because individual professionals would be enabled to ignore or undermine their employer's policies and protocols for informing rape victims of their ability to prevent pregnancy. Here is a good Capital Times article that summarizes criticism of the amendment.

WCASA and the Compassionate Care for Rape Victims Coalition are still hopeful that the full Assembly will honor victims by passing the Compassionate Care Bill without amendments.

You can help by emailing or calling your state representative and telling them, "to vote for the Compassionate Care for Rape Victims Bill without amendment."