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The first statute to criminalize abortion in New York State was enacted in 1827. This law made post-quickening abortions a felony, and made pre-quickening abortions a misdemeanor. [4] [10] New York later allowed abortions up to the 24th week of pregnancy. [11] New York was the first state to create a therapeutic exemption that allowed women to ...
The Reproductive Health Act passed the New York State Senate by a vote of 38–24 on January 22, 2019, [12] [2] the 46th anniversary of the United States Supreme Court's Roe v. Wade ruling. The state Assembly passed the Reproductive Health Act, 92–47, on the same day. [13] [14] It was signed into law by Governor Andrew Cuomo that evening. [15]
New York does not require a minor to notify a parent or guardian in order to obtain an abortion. [149] New York is known in the U.S. as a reproductive sanctuary state. This means that abortion is legal, and seen as health care provided by the state. There are approximately 252 clinics in New York that perform abortions. [150]
In New York, abortion remains legal and accessible. We are lucky to live in a state that has leadership committed to protecting our reproductive rights. Now, we must make those protections permanent.
The New York Court of Appeals found that the rule, passed in 2017 by the state's Department of Financial Services (DFS), did not violate religious employers' freedom because both the rule and its ...
A proposal to add abortion rights and LGBTQ rights to New York's constitution is back on the ballot for November after an appeals court overturned a ruling that would have stopped the statewide vote.
Rockefeller supported reform of New York's abortion laws beginning around 1968. The proposals supported by his administration would not have repealed the long-standing prohibition but would have expanded the exceptions allowed for the protection of the mother's health, or in circumstances of fetal abnormality .
A long-running legal fight over New York requiring employers to include abortion coverage in their workers' health insurance plans goes before the state's highest court on Tuesday.