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Swordsmyth
01-12-2019, 07:15 PM
New York state is on the precipice of enacting one of the more liberal abortion laws in the country, one that would allow certain late-term procedures and erase the practice from the penal code.
The Reproductive Health Act appears to be on the fast track for approval in the Democrat-controlled state Senate (https://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/senate/), which in recent history has been a pro-life bulwark against the more liberal state Assembly.
Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo (https://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/andrew-cuomo/) is expected to be sign it into law on Jan. 22, the 45th anniversary of the Supreme Court’s Roe v. Wade decision legalizing abortion.

“Republicans said, ‘You don’t need a state law codifying Roe v. Wade. No administration would ever roll back Roe v. Wade.’ So help me God, this was the conversation, you remember,” Mr. Cuomo (https://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/andrew-cuomo/) said Monday, flanked by Democratic figures, including former Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton.
New York Democrats have tried unsuccessfully to pass the legislation since the days of Gov. Eliot Spitzer in the late 2000s.
On Wednesday, state Sen. Liz Krueger introduced the legislation as Senate (https://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/senate/) Bill S240, which drew 35 co-sponsors. Supporters say it will fortify New York’s abortion rights by adding a broad “health of the mother” exception to the state’s ban on third-trimester procedures, drop the requirement that abortions be performed by a doctor and remove criminal penalties for the practice from state law.
Critics say it goes further than Roe v. Wade, noting that abortion is protected as a legal procedure under a 1970 state law.
“This would change late-term abortion status so that, after 24 weeks, abortions are available for life and health of the mother, and those following jurisprudence know ‘health’ means just about anything,” Kathleen M. Gallagher, director of Catholic Action Network for the New York State Catholic Conference, told The Washington Times.
Nineteen states allow for a “life and health of the mother” exception to late-term abortions, according to the Guttmacher Institute. However, New York’s law also would remove the requirement that physicians perform the procedure and would allow nurse practitioners, physician assistants and other health care professionals to perform abortions. The requirement that a second doctor be present during a late-term abortion also would be removed.

“They [Senate (https://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/senate/) Bill S240 supporters] want to make New York’s law the most permissive in the country, if not the world,” said Ms. Gallagher.

More at: https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/jan/10/new-york-state-to-expand-state-abortion-law-to-all/

Schifference
01-12-2019, 07:34 PM
They should consider allowing the mother to slit the babies throat within the first 72 hours after birth if the baby is born male or she decides she doesn't want it.

oyarde
01-12-2019, 07:35 PM
Club them on the sidewalk .

Schifference
01-12-2019, 07:37 PM
Club them on the sidewalk .

The babies or the mothers?

oyarde
01-12-2019, 07:40 PM
The babies or the mothers?

Oh , I was thinking new yorkers .