FAMILY PROTECTION ACT

Sponsors:  Sen. Padavan / A. Barra

Bill # S.2139 / # A.4753 (Same As)

The Family Protection Act adheres to legal standards set by the Supreme Court.  NYSRTL supports this proposed law to provide protection to women and young teenagers’ health, safety and lives.  At present there are almost no safeguards in N.Y. State law to protect women and/or girls from:  1) unsafe risks of abortion, 2) uninformed or misinformed consent, 3) being pressured or coerced into having unwanted abortions (by husbands, boyfriends, parents or even clinic counselors), 4) going through a life-altering and risky procedure without the benefit of her parents’ counsel and knowledge of her medical history, 5) ending the life of her unborn child without knowing information on medical assistance available for prenatal care, childbirth and neonatal care, child support required of the father, and development of the baby.