Cuomo urges legislature to enact abortion rights law
Gov. predicts Supreme Court will overturn Roe vs. Wade
If the U.S. Supreme Court overturns Roe vs. Wade in its next term, women in New York State will have no protections under the law guaranteeing access to abortions, according to Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who called on the state Legislature to return to Albany to vote codify Roe vs. Wade in state law.
“New York law does not have the protections Roe vs. Wade does,” Cuomo said in Dyker Heights Friday morning
Cuomo came to Southwest Brooklyn to issue a warning to pro-choice supporters to prepare for the possibility of a new right-leaning U.S. Supreme Court overturning Roe vs. Wade, the landmark 1973 ruling granting abortion rights nationwide.