Maura of MLN and CGG of CTLP were both at the Capitol yesterday for the vote on “AN ACT CONCERNING COMPASSIONATE CARE FOR VICTIMS OF SEXUAL ASSAULT”

Among the Nay votes is Senator Don DeFronzo, who represents me in New Britain. Apparently he’s not a reader of this blog.

And though a compromise had been reached–so we thought–the Catholic Conference decided yesterday to reject it. Is the Catholic Church normally such a petulant child when it comes to politics? I hope that this particular incident will be noted and that parties negotiating in bad faith will not be taken seriously when calling for compromise in the future.

CGG has more:

With only two exceptions every Senator who spoke about Compassionate Care, was in favor. Senator Jonathan Harris, co-chair of the Human Services Committee who has led the way on Plan B, spoke about his personal disappointment that the compromise had fallen through. He also made clear that in his view the discussions had not been in vein saying, “I stand before you today fulfilled because the product of those discussions is a better bill.”

The biggest surprise supporter was Senator Kissel who had voted against an earlier version of the bill in the Human Services Committee. Calling the current version of the bill a “full and fair compromise”, Kissel expressed disappointment at the Catholic Conference’s decision. He also affirmed that Plan B’s primary purpose was as a contraceptive.

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This afternoon Governor Rell indicated her willingness to sign the current version of the bill into law. I don’t have a firm answer about whether or not we have the votes in the House, but several people I spoke with this afternoon seem to think by the time Compassionate Care comes onto the House floor, the votes will be there.