"Reproductive Health" Abortion Expansion Act killed in Senate committee - for the moment

From Lohud, via Ed Mechmann -

“To say that we are taking anything back by voting against this bill, I think is a mischaracterization,” said Sen. Jack Martins, R-Nassau County. “This bill expands, it does not retract. So to vote against this bill is to vote against an expansion of abortion rights in the context of a state that approved abortion before Roe v. Wade, in a state that has the highest abortion rate in the country.”

It’s a separate bill from the 10-point Women’s Equality Agenda, which failed to get legislative approval last year. Nine of the 10 points based the Senate, but the abortion piece—a scaled-down version of the Reproductive Health Act—failed to get approval.

Comments

[Yvonne Rivera]

I feel an immense gratitude to any senator who sided on the side of innocent life.

[Joy Dechiario]

Thank you to those Senators who voted No.
You kept your word. Your
message must be repeated over and over.

[Eileen Peterson]

Alleluia!