The Senate Majority Leader, Andrea Stewart-Cousins, said on Tuesday that it was “outraged that the Supreme Court is willing to overturn women’s rights in this country” and that she expected it. will pass legislation to reaffirm the right to abortion before the end of the session.
“Certainly, we don’t want anyone who’s going to be hunted in Texas to be hunted here,” Ms Stewart-Cousins said.
Mr. Delgado, the governor’s choice lieutenant, said that the court was “reconfirming a social order based on patriarchy and male domination of the female body.”
Ms Hochul told reporters to “follow” the movement on the legislative and executive fronts to defend abortion rights. Her office also said on Tuesday that it would appoint a representative of women’s health providers to the Public Health and Health Planning Council.
“My message to those who deny this fundamental right, this fundamental right: You don’t want to mess with us,” said Governor Hochul. “You don’t want to mess with the state of New York. And I assure you, this is a war that you won’t win.”
New York has strong defenses against abortion in print. In 2019, Governor Andrew M. Cuomo signed Reproductive Health Lawguarantees abortion rights in the event that Roe v. Wade is ousted, expands access to abortion, and allows abortions after 24 weeks to protect the health of the mother or if the fetus cannot survive.
Lawmakers in Albany assembled at the Capitol at 5 p.m., and other officials, including Attorney General Letitia James, attended. a protest at Foley Square in Manhattan at the same time.
“This is a call to action, this is a fire with five alarms, my friends,” Ms. James said at the rally, encouraging cheers. “This is the time to act, this is not the time to be silent, because silence is the enemy right now.”
