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The new law in New York expands the state's shield laws for healthcare providers who provide abortion services to other states, making it one of eight Democrat-led states with such protections.
The new law is an addition to New York’s existing shield laws that protect prescribers who use telehealth services to provide abortion pills to patients across state lines, even in states where ...
[23] [19] [13] According to Cornell University constitutional law professor Michael C. Dorf, the amendment would protect the right to abortion in the state of New York by ensuring that prohibiting abortion would be an unconstitutional form of health-care discrimination because they would be "singling out one form of reproductive health care ...
Doctors in New York who prescribe abortion pills to patients in states where the procedure is illegal would be provided with legal protection under a bill approved by state lawmakers. The measure ...
The Reproductive Health Act is a New York law enacted on January 22, 2019, that protects reproductive rights, decriminalized abortion, and eliminated several restrictions on voluntary abortions in the state. [1] The RHA repealed §4164 of the state Public Health Law. [2] The law has received national media attention. [3]
On April 10, 1970, the New York Senate passed a law legalizing abortion until the 24th week of pregnancy. [14] Republican Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller signed the bill into law the next day. [15] At the time, New York State was a Republican "trifecta", meaning both chambers of the legislature and the governorship were Republican-controlled. [14]
The law says New York will not cooperate with another state's effort to prosecute, sue or otherwise penalize a doctor for providing the pills, as long as the doctor complies with New York law.
(Reuters) -New York state's top prosecutor on Monday sued Heartbeat International, an anti-abortion group, and 11 crisis pregnancy centers, accusing them of misleading and potentially endangering ...