New York Metropolis Mayor Eric Adams.
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As the correct to entry abortion care has been stripped away from over one-third of US girls, New York Metropolis Mayor, Eric Adams mentioned on Monday that the town is additional enshrining its dedication to reproductive rights, releasing the Sexual and Reproductive Invoice of Rights.
Adams mentioned this Invoice of Rights defines well being as inclusive of entry to sexual well being care, contraception, gender-affirming well being care, and abortion providers, and can assist be certain that all sufferers in New York Metropolis are protected against discrimination and harassment associated to their sexual and reproductive well being care selections.
The mayor mentioned the Sexual and Reproductive Invoice of Rights can be distributed to the New York Metropolis Division of Well being and Psychological Hygiene’s (DOHMH) community of well being care suppliers, advocacy teams, and associate organizations throughout the town to share with sufferers.
“Two years in the past, the Supreme Court docket stripped girls of the correct to manage their very own our bodies, and since then, cities and states throughout the nation have labored tirelessly to utterly restrict abortion entry to People,” mentioned Mayor Adams. “As a lot of the nation continues their assaults on abortion care, we gained’t ever enable this proper to be stripped away right here in New York Metropolis.
“We’re issuing a Sexual and Reproductive Well being Invoice of Rights right this moment to do the whole lot in our energy to make sure abortion and reproductive well being care stay obtainable to residents and guests alike,” he added. “That is about defending girls’s decisions and their freedoms.”
“Abortion care is well being care, well being care is a human proper, and New Yorkers, and all People, have a proper to train their rights by making well being care selections about their very own our bodies,” mentioned DOHMH Commissioner Dr. Ashwin Vasan. “Abortion stays authorized in New York, however we all know that protected rights are mandatory, however not enough, to ensure entry to care. Realizing your rights and exercising these rights is simply as vital.
“That’s the reason the town is launching the Sexual and Reproductive Well being Invoice of Rights and bringing further abortion providers on-line — to offer assist that helps individuals navigate a number of boundaries to care,” he added. “Everybody deserves to obtain reproductive well being care in a secure, high-quality, dignified surroundings.”
“NYC Well being + Hospitals is proud to supply secure and authorized abortion care,” mentioned Marisa Nádas, MD, MPH, reproductive well being medical lead, NYC Well being + Hospitals, and affiliate medical director, Digital ExpressCare. “By providing telehealth abortion providers and affected person navigation assist to individuals in search of abortion care, in addition to abortion care in any respect of our hospital-based clinics, we’re overcoming most of the non-medical boundaries individuals face in accessing care. We’re dedicated to striving for reproductive justice for all New Yorkers.”
Adams famous that, in 2022, in its Dobbs v. Jackson Girls’s Well being Group, the US Supreme Court docket overturned the federal proper to entry secure, authorized abortion care nationwide.
Since that call, the mayor mentioned New York Metropolis has launched a variety of providers to guard and fulfill the native proper to entry abortion care.
Since launching the New York Metropolis Abortion Entry Hub in November 2022, he mentioned greater than 3,500 callers and over 790 chatters have been directed to reproductive well being providers and sources via NYC Well being + Hospitals and suppliers all through New York Metropolis.
The mayor mentioned anybody in want of abortion providers or assist in accessing care can obtain referrals by calling 877-NYC-AHUB (877-692-2482).
For individuals who would possibly want to start out the dialog over textual content, he mentioned there’s now a chat characteristic to attach them to a telephone operator.
