Additionally, Cuomo emphasized that the Reproductive Health Act merely codifies the Supreme Court’s decision in Roe v. Wade into New York State law.
“Mr. Trump and the religious right are spreading falsehoods about New York’s law to inflame their base. Activists on the far right continue to mislead with the ridiculous claim that the act will allow abortions up to a minute before birth,” according to the governor.
Trump suggested New York’s law allows late-term abortion
In his State of the Union address, Trump stated that New York’s law and a proposed legislation in Virginia allows late-term abortions
The President said, “Lawmakers in New York cheered with delight upon the passage of legislation that would allow a baby to be ripped from the mother’s womb moments from birth… And then, we had the case of the Governor of Virginia where he stated he would execute a baby after birth.”
Trump requested members of the Congress to “pass a legislation to prohibit late-term abortion of children who can feel pain in the mother’s womb.” He encouraged them to “build a culture that cherished innocent life.”
