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 […]
Roe v. Wade
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Women’s Equality Act protects abortion rights, doesn’t expand them
Governor Andrew Cuomo’s proposed Women’s Equality Act has come under fire because of its language about abortion. Right now, abortion is regulated through the state’s penal law. Cuomo says his legislation would simply write into law the rights guaranteed under the Supreme Court’s Roe vs. Wade decision and remove regulation of abortions from the penal […]
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The attack on Roe
“Why aren’t you writing about the Patriot Act?” a reader asked recently. We could fill this newspaper every week with worries and protests about the Patriot Act… and the environment… and Iraq… and now Iran…. (I learned long ago to watch for the little hints that Bush-Cheney and company toss out in their speeches. Was […]
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Debating ‘Roe,’ yuppie saviors, the School Board, and Buddhism
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Old and new: abortion issues never die
It’s tempting to cram the many-sided Roe v. Wade controversy into a 30-year frame, 1973 to the present.
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The XX files
Pregnant with my second child. Week 21. Routine ultrasound. The technician squirts goo onto my swelling belly and presses the ultrasound wand against me. I’m mesmerized by the ghostlike baby on the monitor. Gray pearls strung in a gentle curve form the spine. A blob of black is the bladder. “There’s the…” the technician […]
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Chipping away at Roe
Nearly 30 years after the Supreme Court recognized women’s constitutional right to end unwanted pregnancies through abortion in Roe v Wade, that right is facing what may prove to be its most serious challenge. Anti-choice activists have been rallying against Roe for decades, chipping away at the decision’s legal foundation with the help of […]
