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W. Mass. Legislators Blast Romney on Pill

By Eesha Williams

Northampton, MA – Several lawmakers from western Massachusetts feels that an apparent change of position on emergency contraception by Governor Mitt Romney will hurt women. A Romney spokesman declined to speak specifically about the issue of emergency contraception. A bill to make the so-called "morning-after pill" more widely available is moving quickly through the Massachusetts legislature. WAMC's Pioneer Valley Bureau Chief Eesha Williams reports.