New York’s abortion law does not adequately protect a woman’s rights to decide whether to continue or terminate a pregnancy.  Our state law regulates abortion as if it were a crime and lacks protections if pregnancy threatens a woman’s health.  New York needs the Reproductive Health Act.

The Reproductive Health Act:

·         guarantees a woman’s right to control her reproductive health;

·         ensures that a woman will be able to have an abortion if her health is endangered;

·         treats the regulation of abortion as an issue of public health and medical practice, rather than as a  potential crime; and

·         guarantees everyone the right to use or refuse contraception.