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NY A09198

Bill

Status

Introduced

11/3/2025

Primary Sponsor

David DiPietro

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Origin

Assembly

2025-2026 General Assembly

AI Summary

  • Prohibits state agencies from awarding grants to any entity that performs elective abortions, provides abortion referrals, counsels in favor of abortion, or is affiliated with such entities, including funding for indirect costs like salaries, rent, and utilities

  • Defines "convenience abortion" as elective abortions, excluding procedures to save the mother's life, remove ectopic pregnancies, address spontaneous abortion, or terminate pregnancies resulting from rape or incest

  • Bans abortions after 20 weeks gestational age unless two physicians certify in writing the procedure is necessary to prevent the woman's death or substantial irreversible impairment, and requires the abortion be performed in a hospital with a second physician present to provide immediate care to the child

  • Prohibits dismemberment abortions (extraction of fetus piece by piece using surgical instruments) at any gestational age unless certified as medically necessary by two physicians

  • Requires detailed reporting of all abortions to the Department of Health, including physician identification, patient demographics, gestational age, procedure type, and medical justification, while protecting patient identity

  • Exempts hospitals, medical schools, universities, and Medicaid funding from the grant restrictions

Legislative Description

Enacts the "life appropriation act" prohibiting state funding for abortions and related costs; regulates abortions and prohibits dismemberment abortions.

Last Action

referred to health

1/7/2026

Committee Referrals

Health11/3/2025

Full Bill Text

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