New York Lawmakers Aim To Shield Abortion Doctors From Out-Of-State Prosecutions - The Tablet

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

44% : Lawmakers in New York approved legislation June 20 granting legal protection to New York doctors who prescribe and send abortion pills to patients in states that have restricted abortion.
42% : Supporters of the legislation cast it as a response to abortion restrictions in other states after the June 2022 Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, which overturned the U.S. Supreme Court's jurisprudence since the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision that made abortion a constitutional right.
40% : According to the legislation, New York state courts and officials will not cooperate with their counterparts in states that have restricted abortion, if another state attempts to prosecute a New York health care provider, so long as that provider is in compliance with New York law.
39% : "Despite allowing abortion until the moment of birth, the state has spent hundreds of millions of dollars and passed dubious legislation in an effort to present abortion as the best and only choice for mothers in crisis," Kristen Curran, director of government relations for the New York State Catholic Conference.
35% : She called the legislation "nothing more than political pandering -- eroding standards through which doctors can be held accountable in order to appear progressive on the issue of abortion."

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