  Monday, March 13, 2006  Lieberman Supports Rapist Rights in
Connecticut  In Connecticut, rape counseling activists say a
recent study concludes that about 20% of state hospitals
routinely refuse to offer emergency contraceptives to rape
victims who are determined to be ovulating at the time they're
attacked. A proposed bill would require them to do so.  And what
sayith Holy Joe about this? According to The New Haven Register:
This fight isn't exclusively being drawn along party lines.
U.S. Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman, who often takes a conservative
line on social issues, is facing a liberal Democratic primary
challenge from wealthy Greenwich businessman Ned Lamont. But
that hasn't stopped Lieberman from supporting the approach of
the Catholic hospitals when it comes to contraceptives for rape
victims.  Lieberman said he believes hospitals that refuse to
give contraceptives to rape victims for "principled reasons"
shouldn't be forced to do so. "In Connecticut, it shouldn't take
more than a short ride to get to