New York City will pay for abortions for women from other states.

New York City will provide 250 000 dollars for abortions for low-income women who come from other states to end their pregnancy.

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The money will be directed to the Foundation for Affordable Abortion in New York, which pays for abortion procedures for women who do not have health insurance or Medicaid, writes The Hill. This was stated by a city council member, Democrat from Manhattan, Carlin Rivera, and Jennifer Fermino, press secretary for Council Speaker Corey Johnson.

Abortion activists welcomed this step; this is the first time in the United States when the city allocates money from the budget directly to abortion procedures.

“There weren't so many city and state officials saying we should publicly fund abortions. That's a big statement, said Aziza Ahmed, a law professor at Northeastern University. “To some extent this is a culture war.”

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The money that will be included in the city budget for 2020 a year will go to abortion procedures for about 500 women.

The New York Affordable Abortion Fund has provided funds to women seeking the procedure since 2001. But this is the first time the city has allocated money to a non-profit organization to fund this purpose.

The organization paid transport costs and financed about 600 abortions last year. It is estimated that one third of the fund’s payments go to support women who come to New York from other states to have an abortion.

This news came amid a wave of recently adopted abortion bans and state restrictions across the country. Alabama has adopted the strictest ban on abortion, which does not allow any exceptions, even with regard to rape or incest, although it has not yet entered into force. Several states have passed laws that prohibit abortion after six weeks of gestation.

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In response, other states have taken steps to strengthen abortion protection. New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo has signed a bill that protects access to the abortion procedure. And in Vermont, Governor Phil Scott signed a bill according to which abortion is the “fundamental right” of a woman.

However, some regions seem to have gone too far in the struggle in abortion.

Asylum for the unborn

The Texas city of Vasco canceled the decision of the US Supreme Court on the right of women to an abortion.

The city, where two thousand people live, declared himself "a refuge city for unborn babies." Thus, the municipal authorities in advance negated the potential demand of women from neighboring states for the services of abortion in their city, writes Voice of America.

Vascoma, one-man-one, unanimously approved this week a resolution stating that the verdict of the US Supreme Court 1973 on the right of women to abortion was “invalid.

The resolution of the city council was aimed at preventing the opening of an abortion clinic in the city. Currently, there is no medical facility in the city that provides such services.

Mayor of Vascoma and the city prosecutor warned the city council in advance that their ruling would be contrary to the US Constitution, and they would face costly legal problems.

As ForumDaily wrote earlier:

• In May 2018, Iowa State Parliamentarians approved the billprohibiting an abortion as soon as the fetal heartbeat is detected (after six weeks of gestation). According to lawyers and human rights activists, then it was the toughest law against abortion in the United States. In 2017, abortions were prohibited in Iowa after 20 weeks of pregnancy.
• A year later the same made Georgia. The law caused a controversial assessment in society, some described it with the words: "Calling a six-week embryo as a human is a problem with common sense."
• Eight studios, including Disney, Netflix, WarnerMedia, NBCUniversal, CBS, AMC, Sony and Viacom, stated that refuse to shoot their projects in the US state of Georgia, if the law banning abortion comes into force.
• 16 May in Alabama the law was approved, almost completely banning abortion - even in cases of incest or violence. The document was signed by the governor, and he has become the most stringent ban of this kind in the United States at the moment. Abortion will be allowed only in certain situations when there is a serious threat to the health of the mother. For violation, the doctor who performed the abortion faces up to 99 years in prison.
• By the way, this law was adopted by 25 people's elected men. At the same time, in the state itself, the majority of the population supports the ban: South America is known for its traditionally conservative mores and special piety. Here is how does the state live after abortion ban.
• At the end of May, 2019, in Louisiana, Governor John Bel Edwards signed the billwhich prohibits women from having an abortion after detecting the child's heartbeat, in almost all cases. Fetal heartbeat is detected already in the sixth week of pregnancy, even before women learn that they are pregnant. Exceptions include cases where the mother’s health is threatened or the child is already dead.
• California Governor Gavin Newsom In Early June turned to womenwho want to have an abortion, but live in states where they are forbidden: "Come to California."

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