Sentences with phrase «laws legalizing abortion»
Astorino is pro-life but has said he would not act to overturn the state's 1970 laws legalizing abortion in New York, should the U.S. Supreme Court overturn Roe v. Wade.
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She said even though New York has a law legalizing abortion that was approved in 1970 — three years before the Supreme Court decision — it's outdated and needs to be modernized.
Since Nelson Rockefeller signed a law legalizing abortion here in 1970, New York has not elected a pro-life governor, and a June poll showed voters, after several questions explaining the legislation, supported a Cuomo - backed proposal to change abortion law and establish an affirmative right to an abortion by a 56 - 31 margin.
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If abortion is the litmus test of a moral law that can not be violated by positive law, then all of the Western democracies that legalize abortion» and do so by the legislative rather than judicial process» are illegitimate.
It has been more than 40 years since the Roe v. Wade decision legalizing a women's right to choose an abortion, but advocates say New York lawmakers have yet to translate the provisions of the landmark Supreme Court decision into law in the state.
Other promises that did not make the cut include ending cash bail for low - level offenses and codifying Roe v. Wade — a 1973 Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion — into state law.
It's been more than 40 years since the Roe v. Wade decision legalizing a women's right to choose an abortion, but advocates say New York lawmakers have yet to translate the provisions of the landmark Supreme Court decision into law in the state.
Astorino says while he is pro-life, he would not interfere with state laws that legalized abortion in 1970.
Sparked by the U.S. Supreme Court's 1973 decisions in Roe v. Wade and Doe v. Bolton that legalized abortion nationwide, federal and state governments have enacted laws that allow health care professionals and institutions to refuse to provide services related to reproductive health without facing legal, financial or professional consequences.