The push would reignite a heated debate over the RHA, a measure that is aimed at the codification of Roe v. Wade in state law and is deeply opposed by
opponents of
abortion, who have
argued it's a needless expansion of existing rights in New York.
(Planned Parenthood does not use federal money to pay for
abortions, which make up a sliver of its operations; its
opponents argue that money is fungible and that any tax dollars going to the organization indirectly subsidize
abortions.)