New York will give abortion providers $35 million to expand services and boost security in anticipation of the U.S. Supreme Court possibly overturning the landmark Roe v. Wade decision, Gov. Kathy Hochul announced Tuesday.
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The Democrat said the state must get ready for a potential influx of out-of-state patients seeking abortions from thethat are expected to ban or greatly restrict abortion if Roe is overturned. Abortion providers in New York and elsewhere have long faced safety fears: In Hochul’s hometown of Amherst, New York, an anti-abortion activist fatally shot Dr. Barnett Slepian through a window in his home on Oct. 23, 1998.
“I consider this an emergency and I’m going to make sure that that money is available the second the decision comes down,” she said.