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NY A11484
Bill
Status
6/17/2010
Primary Sponsor
Mark Weprin
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AI Summary
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Establishes the "Reproductive Health Act" declaring fundamental rights to choose contraception and for females to determine pregnancy outcomes, including termination before fetal viability or at any time to protect the pregnant person's life or health
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Authorizes qualified licensed health care practitioners to perform abortions in the absence of fetal viability or when necessary to protect the pregnant person's life or health, as determined in good faith medical judgment
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Defines "fetal viability" as gestational age of 24 weeks or more with reasonable likelihood of sustained survival outside the uterus without extraordinary medical measures, determined by a physician or qualified practitioner using accepted medical standards
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Repeals penal law provisions criminalizing abortion, including sections on "abortion in the first degree," "abortion in the second degree," and related offenses, and removes abortion from criminal homicide definitions
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Removes references to criminal abortion from county coroner jurisdiction requirements, criminal procedure law felony listings, judiciary law courtroom closure provisions, and education law regulations on contraceptive sales
Legislative Description
Enacts the "reproductive health act"; provides a fundamental right to choose contraception and the right of a female to determine the course of a pregnancy; authorizes abortion prior to viability; defines terms; decriminalizes abortion.
Last Action
referred to health
6/17/2010