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New York Attorney General Letitia James and Democrat legislators revealed brand-new legislation that would offer financial backing for groups that help women get abortions. The legislation develops a $50 million fund called the Reproductive Freedom and Equity Program, managed by the state Department of Health, James, a Democrat, stated throughout an interview.
The money “will not go to individuals, but actually to abortion providers and nonprofit organizations aimed at facilitating access to abortion care,” she said. “The funding would specifically go to increase access to care because abortion is health care and will also fund uncompensated care and to address the support needs of individuals accessing abortion care.”
The bill was revealed in response to the leak of a Supreme Court draft opinion that shows a majority of justices prepared to reverse Roe v. Wade, a 1973 judgment that stated access to abortion to be constitutional.
Among the types of organizations that could get funding through the fund if the bill passes is any group that helps people from outside New York travel to the state to get an abortion.
“One of our greatest fears in generations is coming true: The Supreme Court will overrule Roe v. Wade,” Assemblywoman Jessica González-Rojas, a Democrat and one of the bill’s sponsors, said. “Millions who live in states hostile to abortion access will look to other states for that care. New York must be a leader at this moment and prepare for the impending need.”
State Sen. Liz Krueger, a Democrat who supports the legislation, stated that New York should ensure New Yorkers can be and have abortions prepared to assist “refugees from other states who are being denied their basic rights.”
Democrats hold supermajorities in each of the two state legal chambers. They likewise hold the guv’s estate. That indicates it’s most likely the bill will be authorized, though some Democrats might oppose it.
Planned Parenthood and the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists were amongst the groups that spoke in support of the bill.
Republicans didn’t respond to the bill immediately.
Almost 9 percent of the abortions carried out in New York in 2019 were carried out on females from other states. That totaled up to almost 7,000 abortions.
Nationwide, about 630,000 abortions were carried out that year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
About half of U.S. states are anticipated to prohibit or greatly cut abortion if Roe v. Wade is certainly reversed.
According to the pro-abortion Guttmacher Institute, roughly 40 million ladies reside in states where abortion has actually currently been or could be limited.
If the Supreme Court follows through on the draft decision, Rojas stated that hundreds of thousands of individuals will go to New York for abortions.
H/T The Epoch Times
