The Reproductive Health Act has passed the state Assembly six times and this year, the state Senate will finally vote on it. Democratic leaders in both the Assembly and Senate expect it to pass, and Governor Andrew Cuomo has promised to swiftly sign it into law. The Reproductive Health Act will essentially modernize that state’s […]
New York reproductive rights
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Advocates, lawmakers push for abortion law vote
Abortion has been legal in New York since 1970, three years before the Supreme Court legalized abortion nationwide through its decision in Roe v. Wade. But when New York liberalized its abortion laws, it kept them in the state’s penal code. Women are allowed to get abortions, and physicians are allowed to perform them, but […]
