New York committee kills Gov. Cuomo’s radical abortion expansion bill
The Reproductive Health Act would have allowed non-physicians to perform abortions and threatened the conscience rights of doctors, critics said.
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Articles tagged Andrew Cuomo
Gov. Cuomo tries to backpedal after saying pro-lifers, conservatives ‘have no place in New York’
Gov. Cuomo's attempt to downplay his remarks comes amidst a growing backlash from pro-life and other conservative activists.
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Roundup: Kansas gov. praises past pro-life protests, rising GOP star won’t defend marriage, and more
A round-up of state pro-life, pro-family developments.
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NARAL receives the only exemption to NY public disclosure law
Pro-life lobbying groups, however, are still required to hand over their donor lists to the state, threats to safety notwithstanding.
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New York Senate defeats Gov. Cuomo’s radical abortion expanding bill
A last minute attempt to pass the governor's abortion language as a “hostile amendment” to another Senate bill was defeated by Senate Republicans.
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New York Assembly passes Gov. Cuomo’s abortion-expanding bill 97 to 47
Next the legislation will go to the state senate, where its fate is far less certain.
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UPDATE: Gov. Cuomo resurrects radical abortion-expanding proposal as stand-alone bill
It is unclear whether the state Senate will have the chance to vote on the separate abortion bill.
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Cuomo’s radical late-term abortion expansion act dies in NY State Senate
The Independent Democratic Conference introduced all other planks of his women's rights bill.
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Buffalo bishop rallies diocese’s 650,000 Catholics to oppose Cuomo abortion bill in video message
In a video played at Masses on Sunday throughout the Buffalo diocese, Bishop Malone informed parishioners that one out of every three pregnancies in New York already ends in abortion.
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Cardinal Dolan: Cuomo’s bill could open door to forced abortions
The Women's Equality Act “is, literally, 'a killer,'” he said.
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