New York to offer free abortion pills at city-run health clinics
New York to offer free abortion pills at city-run health clinics as mayor Eric Adams says: ‘For too long, healthcare has centered around men’
- Four clinics will offer the pills, with access at the Bronx clinic starting tomorrow
- Mayor Eric Adams made the announcement today alongside city health officials
- ‘We have been standing on the sidelines of women’s health for too long,’ he said
Abortion pills will now be available for free in New York City, Mayor Eric Adams announced Tuesday.
The Big Apple will start offering the pills at a city-run clinic in the Bronx Wednesday before making them available in Brooklyn, Manhattan and Queens by the end of the year.
Unlike hospitals already offering the pills, these clinics will not collect insurance or billing information.
The move comes as the pills become a center point of America’s heated abortion debate. On Tuesday, a Texas abortion group filed to revoke regulatory approval for the drugs.
While the procedure is protected and widely available in New York, some women have faced long travel times and other barriers since the Supreme Court overturned federal protections of abortion rights over the summer.
New York City Mayor Eric Adams made the announcement today during a speech at the New York State Democratic Convention in New York. He is pictured here speaking at the Brooklyn Academy of Music’s (BAM) annual tribute yesterday in Brooklyn, New York
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