Provides for a pregnant woman to be the sole possessor of rights over an embryo and fetus; provides for the woman's final decision to be supreme; further provides an equal opportunity for the woman to be the sole possessor of the rights over a fetus and for such to be a civil right.
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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3607
2009-2010 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
January 27, 2009
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Introduced by M. of A. EDDINGTON, PHEFFER -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of
A. BOYLAND, GALEF, LANCMAN, MILLER, TOWNS, WRIGHT -- read once and
referred to the Committee on Health
AN ACT to amend the public health law and the executive law, in relation
to establishing the women's reproductive domain act
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Article 25 of the public health law is amended by adding a
new title 1-C to read as follows:
TITLE 1-C
WOMEN'S REPRODUCTIVE DOMAIN ACT
SECTION 2516. DEFINITIONS.
2517. WOMEN'S RIGHTS; EMBRYO AND FETUS.
S 2516. DEFINITIONS. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS TITLE, UNLESS THE
CONTEXT CLEARLY REQUIRES OTHERWISE:
1. "EMBRYO" MEANS AN ORGANISM OF THE SPECIES HOMO SAPIENS FROM THE
SINGLE CELL STAGE TO THE EIGHT WEEK DEVELOPMENT.
2. "FETUS" MEANS AN ORGANISM OF THE SPECIES HOMO SAPIENS FROM EIGHT
WEEKS DEVELOPMENT UNTIL COMPLETE EXPULSION OR EXTRACTION FROM A WOMAN'S
BODY, OR REMOVAL FROM AN ARTIFICIAL WOMB OR OTHER SIMILAR ENVIRONMENT
DESIGNED TO NURTURE THE DEVELOPMENT OF SUCH ORGANISM.
S 2517. WOMEN'S RIGHTS; EMBRYO AND FETUS. 1. A PREGNANT WOMAN SHALL BE
THE SOLE POSSESSOR OF RIGHTS OVER AN EMBRYO AND FETUS. THE EMBRYO AND
FETUS SHALL BE CONSIDERED INTERCONNECTED WITH THE WOMAN, COEXISTING
SIMULTANEOUSLY WITH THE UNDERLYING MAKEUP OF A WOMAN'S PHYSIOLOGY, WITH
NO SEPARATION EXISTING BETWEEN THE WOMAN AND THE CONTENT OF HER WOMB.
2. THE PREGNANT WOMAN'S FINAL DECISION OVER THE EMBRYO AND FETUS WITH
REGARDS TO RIGHTS PERTAINING TO CHILDBEARING CHOICES, PREVENTATIVE MEAS-
URES TO DEFEND AGAINST THE PREGNANCY, OR TO MEDICALLY ABORT THE FETUS
SHALL BE SUPREME AND NO OTHER ARBITRATOR MAY INTERVENE IN THE FORMU-
LATION OF THAT DECISION.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD04658-01-9
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