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Spitzer to push abortion bill (Newsday)
Apr 26th, 2025 by Viviane
BY JAMES T. MADORE
james.madore@newsday.com
April 26, 2007
ALBANY - Responding to concerns that the U.S. Supreme Court will overturn its decades-old Roe v. Wade abortion rights decision, Gov. Eliot Spitzer signaled yesterday his intention to enshrine those rights in state law.
Spitzer, in prepared remarks, said he planned to introduce a bill “establishing a fundamental, statutory right to privacy for women in making personal reproductive decisions.”
He also noted that abortion was legalized in New York in 1970, long before the Roe decision, but “our law became outdated,” the speech text reads.
Spitzer’s move came a week after the high court, in a 5-to-4 decision, upheld the federal ban on a specific late-term abortion procedure that opponents term “partial birth abortion.” The ruling was a reversal from prior decisions, and showed the impact of two newly appointed conservative justices. (more…)
It will be interesting to see if Spitzer can deliver on this one, as the legislature has not played ball with him on all his agenda. I applaud the man for taking on a cause that will not win him many friends, and will bring out the long knives. Most politicians can skate over the abortion issue by stating they’re pro-choice, and voters accept that. Doing something about it takes major guts in my opinion.