Bill Text: NY A03607 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: An act to amend the public health law and the executive law, in relation to establishing the women's reproductive domain act

Sponsorship: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-01-27 - referred to health [A03607 Detail]

Download: New_York-2009-A03607-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         3607
                              2009-2010 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   January 27, 2009
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       Introduced by M. of A. EDDINGTON, PHEFFER -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of
         A.  BOYLAND,  GALEF,  LANCMAN,  MILLER, TOWNS, WRIGHT -- read once and
         referred to the Committee on Health
       AN ACT to amend the public health law and the executive law, in relation
         to establishing the women's reproductive domain act
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1. Article 25 of the public health law is amended by adding a
    2  new title 1-C to read as follows:
    3                                  TITLE 1-C
    4                       WOMEN'S REPRODUCTIVE DOMAIN ACT
    5  SECTION 2516. DEFINITIONS.
    6          2517. WOMEN'S RIGHTS; EMBRYO AND FETUS.
    7    S 2516.  DEFINITIONS. FOR THE  PURPOSES  OF  THIS  TITLE,  UNLESS  THE
    8  CONTEXT CLEARLY REQUIRES OTHERWISE:
    9    1.  "EMBRYO"  MEANS  AN  ORGANISM OF THE SPECIES HOMO SAPIENS FROM THE
   10  SINGLE CELL STAGE TO THE EIGHT WEEK DEVELOPMENT.
   11    2. "FETUS" MEANS AN ORGANISM OF THE SPECIES HOMO  SAPIENS  FROM  EIGHT
   12  WEEKS  DEVELOPMENT UNTIL COMPLETE EXPULSION OR EXTRACTION FROM A WOMAN'S
   13  BODY, OR REMOVAL FROM AN ARTIFICIAL WOMB OR  OTHER  SIMILAR  ENVIRONMENT
   14  DESIGNED TO NURTURE THE DEVELOPMENT OF SUCH ORGANISM.
   15    S 2517. WOMEN'S RIGHTS; EMBRYO AND FETUS. 1. A PREGNANT WOMAN SHALL BE
   16  THE  SOLE  POSSESSOR  OF RIGHTS OVER AN EMBRYO AND FETUS. THE EMBRYO AND
   17  FETUS SHALL BE CONSIDERED  INTERCONNECTED  WITH  THE  WOMAN,  COEXISTING
   18  SIMULTANEOUSLY  WITH THE UNDERLYING MAKEUP OF A WOMAN'S PHYSIOLOGY, WITH
   19  NO SEPARATION EXISTING BETWEEN THE WOMAN AND THE CONTENT OF HER WOMB.
   20    2. THE PREGNANT WOMAN'S FINAL DECISION OVER THE EMBRYO AND FETUS  WITH
   21  REGARDS TO RIGHTS PERTAINING TO CHILDBEARING CHOICES, PREVENTATIVE MEAS-
   22  URES  TO  DEFEND  AGAINST THE PREGNANCY, OR TO MEDICALLY ABORT THE FETUS
   23  SHALL BE SUPREME AND NO OTHER ARBITRATOR MAY  INTERVENE  IN  THE  FORMU-
   24  LATION OF THAT DECISION.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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       A. 3607                             2
    1    S  2.  Section  291  of  the  executive law is amended by adding a new
    2  subdivision 4 to read as follows:
    3    4.  THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE WOMAN AS THE SOLE POSSESSOR OF THE RIGHTS
    4  OVER THE EMBRYO OR FETUS, WITH ANY ATTEMPT TO DIMINISH THE RIGHTS OF THE
    5  WOMAN OVER THE FETUS OR EMBRYO, CONSTITUTES A FORM OF DISCRIMINATION.
    6    S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.