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Timestamp: 2019-02-20 15:48:00
Document Index: 267747113

Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 4164', '§ 6811', '§ 125', '§ 125', '§ 125', '§ 125', '§ 125', '§ 125', '§  2', '§ 2599', '§  5', '§ 11']

NY State Senate Bill S2796
senate Bill S2796
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May 31, 2018 defeated in health
S2796 - Details
S240, A21
S2796 - Summary
S2796 - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:  S2796
to enacting the reproductive health act and revising existing
provisions of law regarding abortion; to amend the penal law, the
criminal procedure law, the county law and the judiciary law, in
relation to abortion; to repeal certain provisions of the public
health law relating to abortion; to repeal certain provisions of the
education law relating to the sale of contraceptives; and to repeal
certain provisions of the penal law relating to abortion
Section 1 of the bill establishes the legislative intent.
Section 3 of the bill repeals § 4164 of the Public Health Law. Section
4 of the bill repeals § 6811 of the Education Law.
Section 5 of the bill repeals Penal Law §§ 125.40, 125.45, 125.50,
120.55 and 125.60 and amends the article heading of Article 125.
Section 6 of the bill amends Penal Law § 125.00. Section 7 of the bill
amends penal law § 125.05.
Section 7-a of the bill repeals subdivisions 2 and 3 of § 125.05 of
Section 8 of the bill repeals subdivision 2 of § 125.15 of the Penal
Section 9 of the bill repeals subdivisions (3) and (4) of § 125.20 of
Sections 10, 11, and 12 of the bill make conforming changes by
removing references to the crime of abortion in the Criminal Procedure
Law, the County Law, and the Judiciary Law.
Section 13 sets forth the effective date.
In 1970, New York legalized abortion in some circumstances, thereby
recognizing that a woman has a fundamental right to make medical
decisions about the course of a pregnancy. Three years later, the
Supreme Court of the United States issued its landmark decision in
(Roe v. Wade), 410 U.S. 113 (1973), holding that this fundamental
right is protected by the United States Constitution.
During the decades since (Roe v. Wade) was decided, there have been
numerous court decisions clarifying the scope of the right to abortion
but, unfortunately, New York's laws have remained outdated.
Furthermore, it is clear that some provisions of New York law are
unconstitutional and have proved burdensome to women seeking to assert
their constitutionally protected right to an abortion.
This bill updates New York's abortion statutes to address
constitutional flaws in our laws and recognize a woman's fundamental
right to access safe, legal abortion.
S2796 - Bill Text download pdf
Introduced  by  Sens.  KRUEGER, STEWART-COUSINS, BRESLIN, COMRIE, DILAN,
GIANARIS, HOYLMAN, KAMINSKY,  LATIMER,  MONTGOMERY,  PARKER,  PERALTA,
PERSAUD, RIVERA, SERRANO, SQUADRON, STAVISKY -- read twice and ordered
and  supported  by medical professionals; any regulation of medical care
must have a legitimate purpose. Abortion is one of  the  safest  medical
procedures  performed  in  the  United States; the goal of medical regu-
lation should be to improve the quality and availability of health  care
Furthermore,  the legislature declares that it is the public policy of
New York State that every individual possesses a  fundamental  right  of
privacy  and  equality with respect to their personal reproductive deci-
LBD08240-03-7
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by seeking and obtaining abortion care, free from discrimination in  the
ment  of laws or regulations that are not in furtherance of a legitimate
state interest in protecting  a  woman's  health  that  burden  abortion
§  2. The public health law is amended by adding a new article 25-A to
§ 2599-AA. ABORTION. 1. A HEALTH CARE  PRACTITIONER  LICENSED,  CERTI-
IN  HIS  OR  HER LAWFUL SCOPE OF PRACTICE, MAY PERFORM AN ABORTION WHEN,
ACCORDING TO THE PRACTITIONER'S REASONABLE AND GOOD  FAITH  PROFESSIONAL
TWENTY-FOUR  WEEKS  FROM  THE  COMMENCEMENT OF PREGNANCY, OR THERE IS AN
ABSENCE OF FETAL VIABILITY, OR THE ABORTION IS NECESSARY TO PROTECT  THE
2.  THIS  ARTICLE  SHALL  BE CONSTRUED AND APPLIED CONSISTENT WITH AND
SUBJECT TO APPLICABLE LAWS AND  APPLICABLE  AND  AUTHORIZED  REGULATIONS
§  5.  Sections 125.40, 125.45, 125.50, 125.55 and 125.60 of the penal
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§ 11. Subdivision 1 of section 673 of the  county  law,  as  added  by
1.  A  coroner  or  medical examiner has jurisdiction and authority to
investigate the death of every person dying within his county, or  whose
(a)  A violent death, whether by criminal violence, suicide or casual-
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Relates to the use of psychotropic medications in nursing homes and adult care facilities
Commentary: Claims that Reproductive Act go beyond Roe are wrong