In the wake of the leaked Supreme Court draft opinion indicating the overturning of Roe v. Wade, the New York Senate has approved two bills that aim to protect abortionists.
Senate Bill S9080B would prohibit medical malpractice insurance companies from taking adverse action against an abortionist who commits an abortion that is legal in New York on a woman from another state. This would include an abortionist in New York who sells the abortion pill via telehealth to a woman in another state where the abortion may be illegal. The bill is now being reviewed in the House.
Meanwhile, Senate Bill S9077A would allow for legal protections for abortionists including protection from extradition, arrest, and legal proceedings in other states regarding legal abortions committed in New York. The bill states that a “police officer may not arrest any person for performing or aiding in the performance of an abortion within this state, or in procuring an abortion in this state” as long as the abortion is legal under New York law. It also orders state and local law enforcement not to cooperate with or provide information to any individual or out-of-state agency regarding an abortion committed in the state on an out-of-state woman, and prohibits courts and county clerks from issuing subpoenas relating to abortion proceedings. This bill is also under review by the House.
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Gov. Kathy Hochul has said that the state of New York will be spending millions of dollars to help abortionists upgrade their facilities for security and will also help abortion businesses expand in anticipation of women coming from out of state for an abortion.
This month, the Supreme Court is expected to issue its ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization and a leaked draft opinion that was circulated and shared by Politico indicates that the court may rule to overturn Roe v Wade. States with so-called “trigger laws” will heavily restrict abortion if the court does rule this way, motivating pro-abortion states to cement their support for abortionists with both laws and funding.
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