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Assembly Bill A6221

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Relates to access to reproductive services

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2015-A6221 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S4432
Current Committee:
Senate Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Add Art 41 Title 6-A §4166, Pub Health L

2015-A6221 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to access to reproductive services.

2015-A6221 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  6221

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             March 17, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M. of A. GLICK, TITUS, SIMOTAS, HEASTIE, PEOPLES-STOKES,
  JAFFEE, ROSENTHAL, O'DONNELL, CAHILL, SOLAGES, RUSSELL, MORELLE, GOTT-
  FRIED, FARRELL, ABINANTI, ARROYO, AUBRY,  BARRETT,  BARRON,  BICHOTTE,
  BLAKE,  BRAUNSTEIN,  BRENNAN,  BRINDISI, BRONSON, BROOK-KRASNY, CLARK,
  COOK, CYMBROWITZ,  DAVILA,  DenDEKKER,  DINOWITZ,  ENGLEBRIGHT,  FAHY,
  GALEF,   GANTT,   GUNTHER,   HEVESI,  HOOPER,  JEAN-PIERRE,  KAMINSKY,
  KAVANAGH, KIM, LAVINE, LIFTON, LINARES, LUPARDO,  MAGNARELLI,  MARKEY,
  MAYER, MOSLEY, MOYA, NOLAN, ORTIZ, OTIS, PAULIN, PERRY, PERSAUD, PRET-
  LOW, QUART, ROBERTS, ROBINSON, ROZIC, SCARBOROUGH, SCHIMEL, SEAWRIGHT,
  SEPULVEDA,  SILVER,  SIMON, SKARTADOS, SKOUFIS, STECK, THIELE, TITONE,
  WALKER, WEINSTEIN, WEPRIN, WOERNER, WRIGHT, ZEBROWSKI -- read once and
  referred to the Committee on Health

AN ACT to amend the public  health  law,  in  relation  to  reproductive
  services

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Article 41 of the public health law is amended by adding  a
new title 6-A to read as follows:
                               TITLE VI-A
                          REPRODUCTIVE SERVICES
SECTION 4166. ACCESS TO REPRODUCTIVE SERVICES.
  S  4166.  ACCESS  TO REPRODUCTIVE SERVICES. THE STATE SHALL NOT DENY A
WOMAN'S RIGHT TO OBTAIN AN ABORTION AS ESTABLISHED BY THE UNITED  STATES
SUPREME  COURT IN THE DECISION ROE V. WADE, 410 U.S.113 (1973). NOTWITH-
STANDING ANY LAW TO THE CONTRARY, NEW YORK PROTECTS A WOMAN'S  RIGHT  TO
TERMINATE  A PREGNANCY WITHIN TWENTY-FOUR WEEKS FROM COMMENCEMENT OF HER
PREGNANCY, OR WHEN NECESSARY TO PROTECT A  WOMAN'S  LIFE  OR  HEALTH  AS
DETERMINED BY A LICENSED PHYSICIAN.
  NOTHING IN THIS SECTION SHALL BE CONSTRUED TO CONFLICT WITH ANY APPLI-
CABLE  STATE  OR  FEDERAL  LAW  OR  REGULATION  PERMITTING A HEALTH CARE

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD09920-01-5

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