Virginia ECs
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
House Committee on Health & Welfare votes 13-8 to "pass by indefinitely" a bill allowing OTC access to emergency contraceptives Feb. 5. Vote effectively kills HB 1263, bars sponsor Viola Baskerville (D) from re-introducing bill until 2004. Same day, Senate passes identical legislation introduced by Warren Barry (R) 25-13 with one abstention. SB 623 now moves to House; passage is not expected, as it also must clear the Health & Welfare Committee...