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March 30, 2020

New York Bars Hospitals from Banning Support People During Labor and Delivery
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In more news from New York, Governor Cuomo released an executive order
Saturday saying hospitals could not force pregnant people to give birth
without a chosen support person. The order comes in response to a move
by the New York-Presbyterian and the Mount Sinai hospital systems to bar
partners from labor and delivery rooms, causing widespread outrage.

New York became the latest state to postpone its presidential primary,
originally scheduled for next month, to June 23, the same date as state
legislative and congressional elections.


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