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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.
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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.
The law banned intact dilation and extraction, which opponents of abortion rights referred to as "partial-birth abortion", and stipulated that anyone breaking the law would get a prison sentence up to 2.5 years. The United States Supreme Court upheld the 2003 ban by a narrow majority of 5–4, marking the first time the Court has allowed a ban ...
The state Legislature then separately codified the abortion coverage regulation into law in 2022. New York's high court upholds requiring insurance to cover medically necessary abortions Skip to ...