Bill Text: NY A09605 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Provides that an individual's right to personal reproductive autonomy is central to the liberty and dignity to determine one's own life course and shall not be denied or infringed.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 10-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-04-28 - opinion referred to judiciary [A09605 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-A09605-Introduced.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          9605

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                     March 25, 2022
                                       ___________

        Introduced by M. of A. ABINANTI -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Health

                    CONCURRENT RESOLUTION OF THE SENATE AND ASSEMBLY

        proposing  an amendment to the constitution, in relation to the right to
          personal reproductive liberty

     1    Section 1. Resolved (if the Senate concur),  That  article  I  of  the
     2  constitution be amended by adding a new section 20 to read as follows:
     3    § 20. Personal reproductive liberty. An individual's right to personal
     4  reproductive autonomy is central to the liberty and dignity to determine
     5  one's own life course and shall not be denied or infringed.
     6    §  2. Resolved (if the Senate concur), That the foregoing amendment be
     7  referred to the first regular legislative session  convening  after  the
     8  next  succeeding  general  election  of members of the Assembly, and, in
     9  conformity with  section  1  of  article  19  of  the  constitution,  be
    10  published for 3 months previous to the time of such election.







         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD89184-01-2
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