New York moves to enshrine abortion rights in state constitution

NEW YORK, July 2 — The US state of New York moved to enshrine abortion rights and access to contraception in its constitution Friday, becoming a vanguard in the pushback against a seismic ruling by the country’s Supreme Court that upended reproductive rights nationwide.

New York state law already permits abortions, so the move would add an extra layer of legal protection for the procedure. After passing the Senate, the legislation will next go to the state Assembly, where it is expected to be passed.Conservatives in the United States have been working for decades to overturn Roe v. Wade, the 1973 Supreme Court ruling that said the US constitution provides for a right to an abortion.

The decision handed power back to the states to make their own rules on abortion, and up to half are expected to ban or severely restrict it.

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