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Reproductive Health Act (Bill S.240-Krueger/A.21-Glick) New York State Assembly, January 22, 2019 PO Box 107 Spencerport, NY 14559-0107 Ph. 585-225-2340 [email protected] Facebook.com/AlbanyUpdate • AlbanyUpdate.com • Twitter.com/AlbanyUpdate ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Reproductive Health Act (Bill S.240-Krueger/A.21-Glick) New York State Assembly, January 22, 2019 The abortion expansion law known as the Reproductive Health Act (RHA) empowers non-physicians to perform surgical abortions, including third-trimester abortions. The RHA also withdraws legal protection from viable infants born alive following late-term abortions. On January 22, 2019, the New York State Assembly passed the RHA by a vote of 95-49. The New York State Senate has also passed the bill, and Gov. Andrew Cuomo has signed it into law. Abbate, Peter (D--49th Dist.) Y Davila, Maritza (D--53rd Dist.) Y Abinanti, Thomas (D--92nd Dist.) 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Y Finch, Gary (R--126th Dist.) * Buchwald, David (D--93rd Dist.) Y Fitzpatrick, Michael (R--8th Dist.) N Burke, Patrick (D--142nd Dist.) Y Friend, Christopher (R--124th Dist.) N Buttenschon, Marianne (D--119th Dist.) N Frontus, Mathylde (D--46th Dist.) Y Byrne, Kevin (R--94th Dist.) N Galef, Sandra (D--95th Dist.) Y Byrnes, Marjorie (R--133rd Dist.) N Gantt, David (D--137th Dist.) * Cahill, Kevin (D--103rd Dist.) Y Garbarino, Andrew (R--7th Dist.) N Carroll, Robert (D--44th Dist.) Y Giglio, Joseph (R--148th Dist.) N Colton, William (D--47th Dist.) N Glick, Deborah (D--66th Dist.) Y Cook, Vivian (D--32nd Dist.) Y Goodell, Andy (R--150th Dist.) N Crespo, Marcos (D--85th Dist.) N Gottfried, Richard (D--75th Dist.) Y Crouch, Clifford (R--122nd Dist.) N Griffin, Judy (D--21st Dist.) Y Cruz, Catalina (D--39th Dist.) Y Gunther, Aileen (D--100th Dist.) Y Cusick, Michael (D--63rd Dist.) N Hawley, Stephen (R--139th Dist.) N Cymbrowitz, Steven (D--45th Dist.) Y Heastie, Carl (D--83rd Dist.) 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Y Morinello, Angelo (R--145th Dist.) N Tague, Christopher (R--102nd Dist.) N Mosley, Walter (D--57th Dist.) Y Taylor, Alfred (D--71st Dist.) N Niou, Yuh-Line (D--65th Dist.) Y Thiele, Fred (I--1st Dist.) Y Nolan, Catherine (D--37th Dist.) Y Titus, Michele (D--31st Dist.) Y Norris, Michael (R--144th Dist.) N Vanel, Clyde (D--33rd Dist.) Y O'Donnell, Daniel (D--69th Dist.) Y Walczyk, Mark (R--116th Dist.) N Ortiz, Felix (D--51st Dist.) Y Walker, Latrice (D--55th Dist.) Y Otis, Steven (D--91st Dist.) Y Wallace, Monica (D--143rd Dist.) Y Palmesano, Philip (R--132nd Dist.) N Walsh, Mary Beth (R--112th Dist.) N Palumbo, Anthony (R--2nd Dist.) N Weinstein, Helene (D--41st Dist.) Y Paulin, Amy (D--88th Dist.) Y Weprin, David (D--24th Dist.) Y Peoples-Stokes, Crystal (D--141st Dist.) Y Williams, Jaime R. (D--59th Dist.) Y Perry, Nick (D--58th Dist.) Y Woerner, Carrie (D--113th Dist.) Y Pheffer Amato, Stacey (D--23rd Dist.) Y Wright, Tremaine (D--56th Dist.) Y Pichardo, Victor (D--86th Dist.) Y Zebrowski, Kenneth (D--96th Dist.) Y Pretlow, J. Gary (D--89th Dist.) Y *Member excused from vote. Quart, Dan (D--73rd Dist.) Y .
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