A proposed amendment to the pregnancy and gender identification law that was scheduled to appear on the November ballot was rejected by a federal judge in New York on Tuesday.
Before obtaining a written view from the attorney standard, state Supreme Court Justice Daniel Doyle determined that the New York Legislature did not act in accordance with the state Constitution.
The People’s Constitution is their high can. According to the state constitution, its act must be strictly adherent to the people’s wishes.
Democrats passed the estimate, called the Equal Rights Amendment, for the next time next year, giving it the natural light to go before voters in November.
The act, which would have needed a merely majority to move,  , states:
The regulations of this condition or any of its subdivisions are equal security for no one. No man may, because of competition, color, race, national origin, period, illness, creed, church, or intercourse, including sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy, pregnancy outcomes, and sexual healthcare and autonomy, be subjected to any discrimination in their legal rights by any other person or by any firm, corporation, or institution, or by the state or any agency or subdivision of the state, pursuant to law.
Republicans and opponents of the measure expressed concern that the ballot measure contained “vague speech” that could have prevented relatives from influencing their children’s sexual choice about sex-change drugs and practices, as well as warned that it might enable male athletes to join female sports teams.
Marjorie Byrnes, a Republican state representative, filed the lawsuit challenging the vote measure. Ed Cox, president of the New York Republican Party, celebrated the ruling, ABC News reported.
The legislature “falsely asserted that this act was necessary to protect abortion rights in the state,” Cox claimed in their rush to move it. They previously held a second reading on the proposal.
According to the report, the decision is a “blow to Democrats in New York,” who were hoping to” save voter turnout by framing important battleground House races around abortion access.”  ,
Letitia James, the solicitor general of New York, announced that her company would file an appeal. James said:
The Equal Rights Amendment was introduced to defend New Yorkers ‘ basic rights, including access to abortion care and reproductive rights. We may file an appeal because our constitutional protections are insufficient for New Yorkers, particularly given how severely our fundamental freedoms and rights are threatened.  ,
In New York, contraception is legal up to 24 weeks of pregnancy and after 24 months if a woman’s health is at risk.
One of the almost a dozen says where activists or politicians have been working to put pregnancy on the November ballot is New York.
The situation is Byrnes v. New York Senate, No. 778- 2023 in the Supreme Court of the State of New York County of Livingston.  ,
