Sentences with phrase «expansion of abortion laws»
Not exact matches
A measure that supporters say would codify Roe v. Wade in state law has also failed to gain a vote as opponents contend it is an unnecessary expansion of abortion rights.
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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.
Republicans balked at the abortion provision, which supporters contended codified the Roe v. Wade ruling in state law, but opponents said was a needless expansion of the current law in New York.
The women's agenda is a 10 - point package of bills that includes a provision aimed at codifying the Roe v. Wade decision in state law — a plank that abortion opponents say is an expansion of the existing state law.
Sure, Senate Republicans have stopped some bills from becoming law, like late - term abortion expansion and publicly financed elections for all state offices, but I can't remember the last time they were driving ideas of their own.
A measure that is aimed at codifing the Roe v. Wade decision in state law is opposed by Senate Republicans and opponents of abortion say it is an expansion of existing protections.
«It's been mischaracterized as an expansion of abortion rights which is not true,» said Hochul, who says the aim of the bill is to make sure New York's 1970 abortion laws are updated and are consistent with the current federal protections, in case the U.S. Supreme Court ever reverses Roe v. Wade.
The 2005 expansion of the Ethiopian abortion law provided minors access to legal abortions, yet little is known about abortion among adolescents.