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POPSBush's Last-Minute 'Conscience' Rules Cause Furor "For example, Richards said, many states currently have laws requiring that rape victims treated in hospital emergency rooms be offered the option of taking emergency contraceptive pills to prevent pregnancy. But she said that because providers who don't believe in emergency contraception could now simply opt not to tell women about that option, "under this rule, we believe that in fact now women who are the victim of sexual assault either would not be guaranteed either information or health care access to emergency contraception."" ""This rule is an appalling insult and abuse — a midnight power grab to deny access to health care services and information, including even to victims of rape," Blumenthal said.""