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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 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 [1] The RHA repealed §4164 of the state Public Health Law.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 November 5, 2024, at 9:00 PM ET, polls in New York closed. On the same night, at 9:31 PM PT, the Associated Press projected the passage of Proposal 1. [40] According to the certified results from the New York Board of Elections, the proposal passed with 56.99% in support, 34.23% opposed, and 8.78% of votes blank. [1]
Two states, Maine and Washington, also ban harassment by telephone. Four states ban property damage to a clinic: California, Oregon, New York, and Washington. One state, Maine, has enacted a noise regulation pertaining to activity outside of a clinic, and also made it an offense to intentionally release a substance with an unpleasant odor ...
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 legal actions set up a test of laws in some Democratic-controlled states, including New York, that seek to protect health care providers who use telehealth to prescribe and then mail abortion ...
The New York State legislature amended their abortion-related statute in 1965 to allow for more therapeutic exceptions. [ 4 ] On April 10, 1970, the New York Senate passed a law legalizing abortion until the 24th week of pregnancy. [ 14 ]
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul signed a bill to shield the identities of doctors who prescribe abortion drugs to patients out of state after a New York doctor was charged in Louisiana.