Subj : NY Equality Ammendment
To   : AARON THOMAS
From : Mike Powell
Date : Sat Jul 02 2022 10:49:00

> The New York State Senate passed a bill called the "Equal Rights Ammendment"
> which protects the rights of New Yorkers to abortions and gives them rights to
> contraception.

> The bill will now go to the state assembly for a vote, and they have a
> leftist/socialist majority, so it's sure to pass the assembly.

> Then, it will (according to the news) be up for a referendum for the voters to
> decide on.

> I'll vote against it. Abortions are already allowed in NYS, so this bill is
> just a sugar-coating of existing access to abortions. To support it would be
> like begging women to abort their babies.

If it is already legal, it does not hurt anything.  The Supreme Court
ruling turned it over to the states, so the state has a right to consider
new legislation.  Do the current laws also give the right to contraception?
 If not, that migth be what it is about.

Now, you may say "yes, we can buy contraception now," but there is another
court case that was mentioned in the opinions of the justices which allows
contraception access across the country, and it was mentioned as another one
where the Right to Due Process may have been improperly applied.  So, that
previous ruling could be overturned, which would turn the right to obtain
contraception back over to the states.

So your state could be acting proactively to make sure that contraception
is clearly covered.  If it is not covered, and gets overturned, I would
argue that in some states lack of access to contraception would be more
likely to cause more abortions.

It is also your right to vote against it if it is put on a ballot.


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