Additional training thus appears to play a significant role in improving the quality of services provided to survivors of rape, and it is therefore interesting that this study found that there was a significant association between doctors who had some advanced training and the recording on injuries on the J88 form.
The amendment failed, and Mr. Brown ultimately voted for the bill, which included a requirement that emergency rooms provide contraceptives to rape victims.
A study in Swaziland [ 11] showed that culture, values and beliefs played a key role; for instance, emergency contraception was only provided to girls who had been raped, and only if they were brought in by the police [ 11].
In New York City, the City Council also weighed in today, with its Health Committee voting 5 to 1 to approve three bills that would require hospitals with city contracts to provide emergency contraceptives to rape victims, and city health clinics that treat sexually transmitted diseases to provide the pills to anyone who asks.
On Feb. 10, the Democratic-led Assembly passed another bill that would require hospital emergency rooms to provide these contraceptives to rape victims.
Both houses of the Legislature and the governor also agreed on bills to compel hospitals to provide emergency contraceptives to rape victims, increase penalties for sexual assault and ban the use of ephedra, a dietary supplement.
By early morning, the Legislature had agreed on bills that would compel hospitals to provide emergency contraceptives to rape victims, increase penalties for sexual assault and ban the use of ephedra, a diet supplement.
At least one Republican senator has been pressing for four years for passage of a bill that would require emergency rooms to provide the pills to rape victims, but it has never been voted out of the Health Committee, in part because Catholic hospitals have fiercely opposed it.
In addition, they announced that the chapter will provide community service to rape crisis and sexual assault prevention organizations.
On Wednesday, he published an op-ed criticizing Romney for saying he believed "in his heart of hearts" that Catholic hospitals should provide emergency contraception to rape victims.
