Abortion

State leaders are now reacting to ruling that ends the five-decades-old decision and talking about the future of reproductive rights in New York.

Governor Kathy Hochul and the legislature took preemptive steps to protect abortion rights in anticipation of the high court’s decision.

The Siena College poll finds Democratic and Republican voters back the new gun control laws and abortion protections approved by Hochul and the legislature

The measures are in response to an anticipated decision from the U.S. Supreme Court that would overturn the 1973 abortion rights decision, Roe v. Wade.

State lawmakers concluded their 2022 session early Saturday morning , working to pass several gun control and abortion rights bills, as well as a first-in-the-nation two-year ban on crypto mining.

The measures include legal protections for health care providers in New York who perform abortions on patients from states where the procedure would be banned if the 1973 decision is overturned.

New York state lawmakers are considering a change to the state’s constitution that would enshrine the right to abortion as part of a larger guarantee of equal rights. The sponsor of the measure says it’s needed now more than ever.

The justices gathered in private for the first time on Thursday since the leak earlier this month.

Gov. Kathy Hochul is freeing up the funds to help out-of-state patients seeking abortions in New York, should the Supreme Court overturn Roe v. Wade.

New York's attorney general wants a fund to pay for people from other states seeking abortions here, if the US Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade.