Mass. lawmakers override veto of emergency contraception bill

[MaineDem]

BOSTON — The state Legislature voted Thursday to override Gov. Mitt Romney´s veto of a measure that will expand access to emergency contraception.

The measure, which the Republican governor vetoed in July, will require hospital emergency room doctors to offer the medication to rape victims. It also will make the medication available without a prescription.

The Senate voted unanimously 37-0 to override the veto. In the House, the vote was 139-16 to override.

The governor said the medication, known as the "morning after pill," is already widely available without a mandate from the state. Romney said he was concerned that the hormone regimen could abort a fertilized egg.

http://news.mainetoday.com/apwire/D8CKUOV84-257.shtml

Sorry, Mittens. You're an idiot!

[Frances]

1. Is it possible to recall Romney?

nt

[whalerider55]

5. funny...

romney is the governor of my state and i don't recall him at all...

oh yeah. $10,000 suits.

whalerider

[valerief]

2. Yeah!!!! Let's see how long this lasts until the Supreme Court kills it.

[merwin]

3. Hell yeah!!!

[Fozzledick]

4. A modest proposal re: contraceptives

Any pharmacist who refuses to dispense contraceptives should be held liable for child support.

If the woman is a rape victim, he should be prosecuted as an accessory after the fact to the rape.

[Southpaw Bookworm]

14. I could get on board with that!

great idea Fozzle!

:applause:

[wiley]

6. Wouldn't want to kill an egg....

What a f*cking MORON!

[truebrit71]

7. Excellent news...

...Tuff shit Mittens!! :rofl:

[exsoccermom]

8. Did it ever occur to him that the only reason a woman would take

the "morning after pill" is to avoid a fertilized egg implanting.

[Spangle]

9. Yes

And since that is the point of the pill, his worrys are well founded. ;) But none of his business.

[northzax]

10. wow, the Mass Legislature's having a good week

first failing the homophobia bill and now this. not bad for the crucible of democracy, eh?

[mom cat]

11. This is exactly why I moved to this state!

[JerseygirlCT]

13. What I don't get

is how the hell Romney got elected there in the first place.

[Tesha]

17. Taxes.

There's a virulent strain of Massachusetts voter who votes taxes
uber alles. They think it's a good thing that Mass gov't has been
kept divided with Dems holding the State House and Repugs the
Governor's chair, and generally speaking, this hasn't worked
out too badly for the state.

But Mitt is clearly different: he ran only to achieve a launching
pad for the presidency in 2008, and you may yet learn to loath the
phrase "President Romney".

He could have been cut off at the knees, but the Democrats, as usual,
played it safe and stupid, and in the primary defeated a real democrat
in favor of a "safer" choice; the result was Governor Romney.

Tesha

[Skittles]

12. these f***ing republicans and their concern over freaking EGGS

:puke:

[SemperEadem]

19. giving embryos the vote... that's the thug plattform in 08

[MountainLaurel]

20. Was it The Onion

That recently posted an article about Bush nominating a first-trimester embryo to the Supreme Court?

[Javaman]

15. It's nice to see when blatant partisan politics gets an ass kicking...

Such an overwhelming overriding of a veto shows gov. Romney´s loyalty lays with the repukes rather than the people.

colossal racist failure*.

[sonias]

16. Great news!

Way to go Mass. Legislature! Thank you!

Makes my day.

Sonia

[SemperEadem]

18. Gov. Romney, the cruxt of the issue is

it's not your fertilized egg, so why is your nose in that woman's business?

I'm impressed with Mass.'s state legislature.

[Megahurtz]

21. Yeah Romney, get your nose out of other people's crotches! n/t

[HockeyMom]

22. Morning After Pills are nothing more

than high dose BIRTH CONTROL Pills. As an older women, these pills probably aren't very much higher than what I took years ago every day as my birth control. I am not dead. I don't have breast cancer. All smoke screens put out the religious right more concerned about fertilized eggs than LIVING, BREATHING human beings.

And when I missed a day or two of these pills, my doctor told me to take two or three a day to make up for it. Surprise!!! There is your MORNING AFTER PILL. Duh?

[MountainLaurel]

23. 37 to 0 in the Senate

On behalf of me and my ovaries, which will hopefully be moving to your great state next year, thank you.

:applause: