NEW YORK — Gov. Kathy Hochul is pressing the state’s public colleges and universities to make abortion pills available to students — a measure that has been stalled in the Legislature since 2019.
Hochul, who outlined her plans this week in her 2023 State of the State address, said she would ensure all colleges and universities in the State University of New York and City University of New York systems either offer abortion pills at student health centers or form relationships with local reproductive health care providers to refer students.
“Knowing the struggle that is accessing reproductive care on campuses,” said Nihakira Rao, co-founder of the student advocacy group the Reproductive Justice Collective, “there’s a difference between something being legal and something being truly accessible.”
