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A New York Democrat who campaigned on abortion rights and the future of U.S. democracy won a special congressional election in a swing district on Tuesday, a victory that Democrats hope could ...
The battle over abortion rights is expected to play an outsize role in New York’s 2024 congressional races — and potentially in the House majority overall.
Trump's declaration that abortion access is best left to the states has focused attention on the role state abortion referendums, including one in New York, will play on Nov. 5.
Minors do not need parental permission to receive an abortion or birth control. Now New York voters have moved along with other states to build abortion rights into the state constitution.
Families of children injured by medical malpractice at birth and pushed into a New York state fund to receive critical care are waiting for state officials to address claim denials.
Ever since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned federal abortion protections in the landmark Roe v. Wade decision, a New York organization that helps to fund the procedure has been busier.
Meanwhile, New York is among several states that enforce shield laws—something abortion-banned states are beginning to challenge—which protect abortion providers from legal threats for mailing ...
The new law builds on the state’s telemedicine abortion shield, which prevents New York authorities from cooperating with out-of-state prosecutions targeting abortion providers.
Abortion rights in New York State are protected, but not guaranteed. New York voters can fix that by turning their ballots over and voting for Proposition 1.
A group of New York nuns are urging the U.S. Supreme Court to block New York regulation requiring faith-based organizations to cover abortions in their employee health insurance plans. In a ...