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08-01-2005, 09:27 AM
http://1010wins.com/topstories/local_story_213073250.html
Aug 1, 2005 7:30 am US/Eastern
(1010 WINS) (ALBANY) Governor George Pataki plans to veto legislation allowing pharmacists to provide women, without prescriptions, the contraception ``morning-after pills.''
Pataki spokesman Kevin Quinn says the bill doesn't adequately protect minors.
Pataki, who is not running for a fourth term for governor, is considering a run for the 2008 Republican presidential nomination.
Word of Pataki's veto plan came after aides learned the New York chapter of the National Abortion Rights Action League was preparing to begin a television advertising campaign in New York, Iowa and New Hampshire. The ads will stress Pataki's past support for reproductive rights.
Iowa and New Hampshire are the traditional sites of the first presidential nominating contests.
The legislation was expected to be sent to the governor this week by the Democratic-controlled state Assembly.
The governor then has ten days to sign or veto it. The measure was approved by the Republican-led state Senate on June 22nd in a move that caught many opponents by surprise.
Aug 1, 2005 7:30 am US/Eastern
(1010 WINS) (ALBANY) Governor George Pataki plans to veto legislation allowing pharmacists to provide women, without prescriptions, the contraception ``morning-after pills.''
Pataki spokesman Kevin Quinn says the bill doesn't adequately protect minors.
Pataki, who is not running for a fourth term for governor, is considering a run for the 2008 Republican presidential nomination.
Word of Pataki's veto plan came after aides learned the New York chapter of the National Abortion Rights Action League was preparing to begin a television advertising campaign in New York, Iowa and New Hampshire. The ads will stress Pataki's past support for reproductive rights.
Iowa and New Hampshire are the traditional sites of the first presidential nominating contests.
The legislation was expected to be sent to the governor this week by the Democratic-controlled state Assembly.
The governor then has ten days to sign or veto it. The measure was approved by the Republican-led state Senate on June 22nd in a move that caught many opponents by surprise.