Religious Groups Request U.S. Department of Justice to Include Pregnancy Prevention in Rape Treatment Protocol
U.S. Newswire › January 07, 2005
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WASHINGTON, Jan. 7 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Protestant, Jewish, and independent Catholic organizations and religious leaders have joined a broad coalition of national, state and local groups urging the U.S. Department of Justice to include emergency contraception in the first-ever national protocol for treating rape survivors.
"The omission of any mention of emergency contraception -- the standard precaution against pregnancy after rape -- in this otherwise thorough and commendable protocol is deeply disturbing to people of faith, who care about women's safety and health," said Rev. Carlton W. Veazey, President of the Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice.See the full content of this document
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Religious Groups Request U.S. Department of Justice to Include Pregnancy Prevention in Rape Treatment Protocol
"Opposition to emergency contraception comes from the most extreme right-wing groups, which claim b...
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