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New York 'celebrates' Legalizing Abortion Until Birth by Temple1288(op): 3:26am On Jan 27, 2019

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New York Governor Andrew Cuomo this week signed into law a bill that legalizes abortions up to birth. While that has been the main focus of the legislation, the new law also revokes medical care for babies who are born alive after botched abortions as they can be left to die.
In a 38-24 vote for the Reproductive Health Act (RHA), New York Senate agreed to allow abortion up to birth. Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed the bill yesterday. He signed it on the 46th anniversary of Roe v. Wade.

The law Gov. Cuomo signed repealed section 4164 of NY’s Public Health Law, which mandated medical care for any baby born alive during an abortion.

Gov. Cuomo was happy. “Today we are taking a giant step forward in the hard-fought battle to ensure a woman’s right to make her own decisions about her own personal health, including the ability to access an abortion.”