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A new war between the states is erupting -- this time over abortion. A dozen states, including Texas and Louisiana, have ...
Kathy Hochul will run hard on abortion next year, because she won’t have much else to rally the Democratic base.
A new poll finds that despite dramatic changes in abortion availability, support for abortion rights among U.S. adults is ...
Texas has sought to fine a New York-based doctor who prescribed mifepristone to a Dallas woman, in a case likely headed to the Supreme Court.
New York, Florida and Maryland are among states with abortion referendums on the Nov. 5 ballot, but activists in other states have been collecting signatures aimed at forcing the issue on their ...
New York is already a beacon of hope. The state’s hard-won Reproductive Health Act codifies Roe and protects the right to abortion in our public health law. But we must close the gaps that still ...
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, seen here at a news conference on Jan. 29, has been criticized by Catholic and pro-life leaders for signing a state law guaranteeing wide access to abortion.
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul signed a bill Feb. 3 aimed at protecting healthcare providers from prosecution in states where abortion is banned, The New York Times reported. The legislation, which ...
These legal actions could prompt the first challenges to New York’s so-called shield law, which was designed to protect abortion clinicians from being targeted by states that restrict the procedure.
When New York first legalized abortion, in 1970, it was one of only four states where the practice was legal. Of the four, New York’s law was the most liberal, as it had no residency requirement.
New York state has enacted strong new legal protections for abortion rights. The new law, signed by Governor Andrew Cuomo on Tuesday, safeguards rights laid out in Roe v.