In an effort to ram through
radical social change with their majority in the
Assembly and new majority in the Senate, Governor
Cuomo along with Democrats have passed amendments to
New York's abortion law which have fundamentally
altered the thin line between legal abortion and
infanticide, proper medical care and substandard
care. Gone are criminal penalties for someone who
willfully kills a fetus in which the mother meant to
carry full term.
Former NY Senator Daniel
Patrick Moynihan who was a strong supporter of
abortion rights coined the term infanticide when
describing a particular late term abortion procedure
referred to as partial birth abortion. The procedure
was ultimately outlawed by congress. While the
legislation does not authorize the procedure, it has
removed the limitation on full term abortions. New
York previously limited abortion up to 24 weeks and
full term abortion only if f the mother's life was
at risk. The new law now allows non physicians to
perform abortions such as mid-wives and physician
aides. The prior law required abortions to be
performed by medical physicians. The new law has
also removed criminal liability from someone who
attacks a women and causes the death of the fetus.
Under the previous law, a criminal who attacks a
women could be charged with assault on an unborn
child.
It is
well known that New York is considered the abortion
capital of America with extremely minimal
restrictions. New York was also one of the first
states to legalize abortion. So with that history,
is there any dispute as to whether abortion will be
severely limited or banned should the US Supreme
Court rule that there is no constitution right to
abortion? Absolutely not. The issue will then be
decided by the states and will revert back to
pre-Roe v. Wade jurisprudence. The reason this
legislation was enacted into law was the ideology of
abortion and death. It has no shame and no
conscious. It is the principal that there is an
absolute right to terminate ones child for any
reason and at any time of gestation. Gone are the
days of making abortion safe and rare.
John Doe
January 24, 2019How sad that New York has stooped so low. Aborting a full term baby is disgusting.