New York Governor Kathy Hochul has pledged to defend abortion access “with the full power of New York state government” by directing $35m towards abortion care and security as providers prepare for an influx of patients from other states following an anticipated US Supreme Court ruling to overturn constitutional protections for abortion access.
“If we’re going to guarantee the right to an abortion, we have to guarantee access to an abortion,” Governor Hochul said in a virtual address on 10 May.