Internationalnews)NY doctors make final pitch for Prop 1 ballot measure reinforcing abortion rights

A group of New York doctors is making a last-minute attempt to sway voters in favor of Proposition 1, a ballot measure that would enshrine abortion rights in the state constitution.

A letter released Monday with more than 150 signatures from health care providers across specialties argues that Prop 1 is crucial for protecting reproductive health care access in New York amid abortion restrictions and bans in other states that have made it harder for some pregnant patients to get needed medical services — even if they’re not seeking an abortion.

The measure would also prohibit discrimination based on a range of new characteristics such as gender identity, sexual orientation, age and national origin.

“The bottom line is that the full range of sexual and reproductive health care decisions must be made between patients and their doctors – without government interference,” the letter states. “Prop 1 blocks New York politicians from interfering in the patient-provider relationship.”

The letter goes on to say that since Roe v. Wade was overturned in 2022, eliminating the constitutional right to abortion at the national level, “many of our colleagues across the country are navigating impossible decisions” with regard to patient care.

Some of the doctors who signed the letter supporting Prop 1, also known as the Equal Rights Amendment, say they have seen firsthand the dangers of restrictions in other states.


Prop 1 would prevent state lawmakers from overturning abortion rights without again going through the multiyear process of amending the state constitution, explained Katharine Bodde, interim co-director of policy at the New York Civil Liberties Union, which has advocated for the Equal Rights Amendment.

The eleventh-hour missive from health care providers seeks to center reproductive rights in the Prop 1 debate as opponents ramp up their efforts to derail the ballot measure, painting it as an underhanded attempt by the left to advance a much broader agenda.

A TV attack ad from the Vote NO on Prop One Committee warns that the measure will create “special rights for illegal immigrants.”

Meanwhile, opponents with the Coalition to Protect Kids NY have focused on Prop 1’s language around protections for “gender identity” and “gender expression,” arguing that the measure could make it easier for minors to take steps to transition to a different gender without their parents’ consent.

The New York City Bar Association has released a guide to what the amendment will and won’t do, which states that “parental rights” and federal and state immigration laws won’t be affected.

The amendment's main goal is to reinforce existing federal and state laws, Bodde said.

Dr. Chelsea Faso, a doctor with the Institute of Family Health in New York City and chair of the Advocacy Commission of the New York State Academy of Family Physicians, said signing the letter in support of Prop 1 was largely about protecting her ability to do her job.

“It really goes against our medical ethics when we are unable to practice in the best interests of our patients,” Faso said.

Prop 1 is one of six measures that will appear on New Yorkers’ ballots at the polls.

Tagged NEW YORK,ELECTION, HEALTH AND SCIENCE. ABORTION RIGHTS

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