Assembly Bill A10232

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relating to protecting indigent women in the United States in the exercise of their personal control over their bodies and health care decisions and to promote commerce between the states

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2021-A10232 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Health
Law Section:
Health

2021-A10232 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Enacts provisions to protect indigent women in the United States in the exercise of their personal control over their bodies and health care decisions and to promote commerce between the states; provides financial assistance to women from outside New York seeking abortions in this state.

2021-A10232 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   10232
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 11, 2022
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Lavine) --
   read once and referred to the Committee on Health
 
 AN ACT relating to protecting indigent women in the United States in the
   exercise of their personal control over their bodies and  health  care
   decisions and to promote commerce between the states
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may  be  cited  as
 the "Geraldine Santoro act of 2022".
   §  2.  Statement  of  legislative  intent.  (a)  Because medical care,
 personal autonomy over reproductive  decisions,  and  the  corresponding
 right  of  privacy are fundamental human rights, it is the intent of the
 New York State Legislature to provide full and  complete  protection  to
 women  seeking  abortions  and  related  medical services in this state,
 whether or not they reside in New York.
   (b) Because cross-border medical services implicate and involve inter-
 state commerce, as U.S. citizens often  travel  between  the  states  to
 obtain such services, it is the intent of the New York State Legislature
 to  encourage  interstate  travel  and  commerce  for  the  provision of
 abortion services in this state.
   (c) Because every year approximately 20 million women  worldwide  risk
 their  lives  to  undergo unsafe abortions, and understanding that women
 who reside in states that have restricted or intend to  restrict  access
 to  necessary  abortions  are  more likely, as Geraldine Santoro did, to
 seek out unsafe methods or  procedures  to  terminate  pregnancies  from
 unqualified  individuals,  including themselves, it is the intent of the
 New York State Legislature to prevent  further  physical  harm  to  such
 women and/or dangerous complications to the pregnancy.
   (d)  Because  strict  limitations  or  bans  on  abortions will have a
 disproportionate impact on indigent women and women of color, it is  the
 intent  of  the New York State Legislature to protect even women outside
 the state of New York, in coordination with other like-minded states.
   § 3. Travel to New York for abortions  and  related  care.  (a)  Women
 living  in  the 50 U.S. States and territories, who (1) seek an abortion
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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