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Sponsors
20 Co-sponsors
- Tony Avella
- Neil D. Breslin
- Leroy Comrie
- Martin Malavé Dilan
- Adriano Espaillat
- Michael Gianaris
- Jesse Hamilton
- Ruth Hassell-Thompson
- Brad Hoylman-Sigal
- Liz Krueger
- George Latimer
- Velmanette Montgomery
- Kevin S. Parker
- José Peralta
- Bill Perkins
- Gustavo Rivera
- James Sanders Jr.
- José M. Serrano
- Daniel L. Squadron
- Toby Ann Stavisky
History
- Defeated in health
- Notice of committee consideration - requested
- Referred to health
- Referred to health
Companion bill
The same bill in the other chamber. A bill becomes law when one version passes both houses and the governor signs it, so either number can carry it.
Relates to access to reproductive services
In Senate Committee · Health · Sponsor Deborah Glick
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Sponsor's memo
BILL NUMBER:S4432
Title of bill
An act to amend the public health law, in relation to reproductive services
Purpose or general idea of bill
Relates to access to reproductive services.
Summary of specific provisions
Article 41 of the public health law is amended by adding a new title 6-A.
§ 4166 provides that the state shall not deny a woman's right to obtain an abortion as established by the United States Supreme Court in the decision Roe v. Wade, 410 U.S. 113 (1973).
2. Effective date.
Justification
This bill codifies the alignment of State law with existing federal law. In Roe v. Wade, 410 U.S. 113 (1973), the United State Supreme Court ruled that the United States Constitution protects a woman's right to have an abortion prior to fetal viability or when necessary to protect the health and life of the woman. Although current State law does not have all of these protections, this has, in fact and in law, been the law in New York for over forty years; this proposal would not change or alter existing State and federal laws that permit a health care provider or institutions from refraining from providing an abortion for religious or moral beliefs. This bill would not expand the class of individuals who could perform abortions, nor would it alter the current long-standing criminal ban on partial birth abortion. The bill simply codifies the reproductive rights that women in New York have had since Roe.
Legislative history
New Bill.
Fiscal implications
None to the state.
Effective date
This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall have become law.
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