New York Gov. Kathy Hochul signed a package of bills on Monday designed to provide additional abortion and reproductive rights protections for both patients and health care providers.The package includes legislation to help those seeking reproductive services to fight back against lawsuits brought against them for obtaining or seeking treatment. It also prohibits misconduct and malpractice charges against the health care providers who offer those services within New York State, even if the patient is from out of state.Reproductive health care providers, immediate family members and patients can now also enroll in the state’s address confidentiality program.”Today, we are taking action to protect our service providers from the retaliatory actions of anti-abortion states and ensure that New York will always be a safe harbor for those seeking reproductive health care,” Hochul said.The bills were designed to address legal concerns brought about by the Supreme Court’s pending decision in Dobbs v. Jackson, which could overturn the historic Roe v. Wade decision handed down in 1973 that legalized abortion on a national level.
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul signed a package of bills on Monday designed to provide additional abortion and reproductive rights protections for both patients and health care providers.
The package includes legislation to help those seeking reproductive services to fight back against lawsuits brought against them for obtaining or seeking treatment. It also prohibits misconduct and malpractice charges against the health care providers who offer those services within New York State, even if the patient is from out of state.
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Reproductive health care providers, immediate family members and patients can now also enroll in the state’s address confidentiality program.
“Today, we are taking action to protect our service providers from the retaliatory actions of anti-abortion states and ensure that New York will always be a safe harbor for those seeking reproductive health care,” Hochul said.
The bills were designed to address legal concerns brought about by the Supreme Court’s pending decision in Dobbs v. Jackson, which could overturn the historic Roe v. Wade decision handed down in 1973 that legalized abortion on a national level.
