NY Top Court Affirms November Ballot Question Asking to Codify Abortive Rights | New York Law Journal

















A panel of Court of Appeals Judges is joined by New York Governor Kathy Hochul, center, for the investiture ceremony of Court of Appeals Associate Judge Caitlin J. Halligan held on June 7, 2023, at the New York Court of Appeals in Albany, New York. Photo: Ryland West/ALM

The top court said it dismissed the appeal by Senate Republican Minority Leader Robert Ortt, R-Lockport, on the basis that he and other appellants were not aggrieved parties.

July 11, 2024 at 04:55 PM

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New York’s highest court decided on Thursday that the Equal Rights Amendment, a Democratic-led constitutional amendment proposing to codify abortive rights and access to abortion care in the New York State Constitution, should remain on November’s statewide ballot.

The Court of Appeals’ decision affirms a Rochester appellate court ruling handed down on June 18.

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