NEW YORK — Gov. Kathy Hochul said Tuesday that she was sending $35 million into a new fund for abortion providers, stepping up efforts to guarantee access in New York, with the expected fall of federal reproductive rights portending a surge in out-of-state visitors seeking care.
Describing the new fund as a “nation-leading response,” the governor promised the state will “do whatever it takes to protect and defend the rights of not just New York women, but women all across this nation.”
“New York will be there,” Hochul, who is isolating in Albany with a COVID diagnosis, said in a virtual news conference. “Don’t mess with the state of New York.”
