Abortion will become as easy as popping a pill at a New York City city-run health clinics — making the Big Apple the national tourist destination to snuff out pregnancies, critics charge.
Mifepristone is not the same as the “morning after” pill, which is considered emergency contraception — and can have side effects.
“Abortion is the killing of an innocent human life,” said Dennis Poust, executive director of the New York State Catholic Conference, which includes“Abortion, unfortunately, is New York’s answer to everything concerning pregnancy. Abortion is promoted as a social good. Why won’t New York help pregnant women who wish to keep their babies bring them to term and escape poverty?”
City Hall defended stockpiling and providing medical abortion pills for women who want to terminate a pregnancy. “Mayor Adams and the Health Department have made no secret of their commitment to reproductive rights,” the Health Department said in a statement. “With New York state’s abortion protections codified, our city launched into action in support of residents from other states whose freedom of choice was once again restricted after the Dobbs v.
“I’m definitely supportive. Access to abortion is important,” said Upper West Siide Councilwoman Gale Brewer, a co-sponsor of the law to provide abortion pills at city clinics.
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