A bill in the Connecticut legislature seeks to protect in-state medical providers and patients from legal action stemming from out-of-state laws.
HARTFORD, Conn. -- The Connecticut Senate gave final legislative approval shortly before midnight Friday to a bill abortion rights advocates contend is needed to protect in-state medical providers from legal action stemming from out-of-state laws, as well as the patients who travel to Connecticut to terminate a pregnancy and those who help them.
The bill, which already cleared the House of Representatives earlier this month, passed in the Senate on a 25-9 vote. It now moves to Gov. Ned Lamont's desk. The Democrat has said he will sign it. "We have to think about what we will do when that time comes and we have to think about what we're going to do right now, given what's happening in other states," said Sen. Gary Winfield, D-New Haven, co-chair of the General Assembly's Judiciary Committee.
The socially conservative Family Institute of Connecticut has criticized the legislation, arguing it will create a"safe harbor" for"abortion providers who violate abortion laws in other states."
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