New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D), today lamented the Legislature’s Failure to Approve securing Abortion Rights in New York’s Constitution, and said there’s unlikely to be any more Movement to get the Measure on the Ballot this year.
But until everyone can agree on the State-level Equal Rights Amendment, which would have Protected Pregnancy and Pregnancy outcomes from Discrimination, she assured everyone the State’s Reproductive Rights Laws, will be sufficient regardless of the Supreme Court’s Ruling on Roe v. Wade.
“I hope we can pull together during this time they're out of session and to start next January with the approach that the Legislature — the Assembly and the Senate — could agree with, but until that time, women in the state of New York are absolutely protected,” she told Reporters at a Red Room Briefing.
In New York, Constitutional Amendments need to pass in Two separately Elected Legislatures before being brought to Voters as a Referendum.
The Amendments’ Supporters had hoped passage this year would make way to put the Issue on the Ballot in the Presidential year of 2024.
Now, even if it passed the Legislature next year, the Issue would Not go before Voters until at least 2025, likely to be a much Lower-Turnout Election.
Senate Sponsor Liz Krueger (D-28th District, Manhattan) had also previously said she was doubtful that Lawmakers would return before the early August Deadline.
“They didn't come to a resolution by the end of this session,” Hochul said today. “That's the timetable we're dealing with.”
NYC Wins When Everyone Can Vote! Michael H. Drucker
No comments:
Post a Comment