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NY ROCKS PART DEUX: Apropos of my other recent New York pride post, Gov. Eliot Spitzer is proposing a major liberalization of New York's outdated abortion laws. The New York Times reports:
Mr. Spitzer�s bill, the Reproductive Health and Privacy Protection Act, would update current law, which, for example, does not include a provision allowing for abortions late in pregnancies to protect a woman�s health. New York state laws on the books also treat abortion as a homicide, but with broad exceptions that allow the procedure in many cases.But, alas, the Republican controlled State Senate appears unlikely to pass the bill as it is currently written. Sen. Majority Leader Joe Bruno issued a fairly negative reaction. This just reinforces the point I made previously: progressives must focus on state legislative races if they are to effect social change at the statewide level. --Ben Adler
