Schneiderman says court sets abortion rights
New York’s attorney general says abortion rights provided by U.S. Supreme Court rulings can’t be diminished by the state law against late-term abortions enacted before the court’s landmark Roe v. Wade ruling in 1973.
Attorney General Eric Schneiderman said Thursday he sent that legal opinion to the state comptroller, who requested it to help in audits of state payments to health care providers.
State criminal law says abortions must be performed within 24 weeks of pregnancy or when believed needed to preserve the mother’s life.