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Syracuse Right to Life Association President Christina Fadden said while former President Donald Trump was able to appoint conservative judges and Supreme Court justices, she’s less optimistic about the pro-life movement now that President Joe Biden has taken office. The White House released a statement Saturday saying Biden’s administration is committed to codifying Roe v. Wade into federal law.
“There’s a lot of thinking that President Biden – he’s Catholic – that there’s sort of sensibilities to abortion, but the statement that the Biden-Harris administration released about Roe v. Wade shows that there is really no common ground that they’re willing to seek over the abortion issue unfortunately,” Fadden said.
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Abortion protesters marched in Syracuse over the weekend on the 48th anniversary of the Supreme Court’s
Roe v. Wade ruling that legalized abortion in the U.S. With Joe Biden in the White House, a federal lawsuit challenging New York s Reproductive Health Act could be more difficult to win.
Syracuse Right to Life Association President Christina Fadden said while former President Donald Trump was able to appoint conservative judges and Supreme Court justices, she’s less optimistic about the pro-life movement now that Biden has taken office. The White House released a statement Saturday saying Biden’s administration is committed to codifying
01-15-2021
On the eve of the 48th anniversary of the Supreme Court s Roe v Wade decision legalizing abortion nationwide, some domestic abuse victims have joined in a lawsuit against one of the country s most liberal state abortion laws, claiming it makes them more vulnerable to domestic violence.
Their target is New York state s Reproductive Health Act (RHA) that legalized abortion in some cases up until the point of birth. Its passage in January of 2019 was celebrated with cheering by supporters in the New York State Assembly, and with One World Trade Center lit up in the color pink to honor the bill becoming law.
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ALBANY, N.Y., Jan. 15, 2021 /PRNewswire/ A federal class action lawsuit filed on January 12, 2021, by victims of domestic and intimate partner violence, along with others, claims New York s Reproductive Health Act (RHA) puts women in danger, and violates the fundamental rights of women and children, including viable unborn children, or fetuses capable of surviving outside the womb.
In an unprecedented lawsuit involving a New York abortion statute, the action alleges the RHA unconstitutionally escalates the risk of violence and interferes with U.S. Constitutional rights for three distinct categories of people, pregnant women, viable unborn children, and infants born alive during attempted abortions. Plaintiffs are represented by a team of women attorneys, who also serve as spe