New York A 9198: Relates to enacting the life appropriation act prohibiting funding for abortion and related costs and prohibiting dismemberment abortions; repealer

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A09198 Summary:

BILL NOA09198 

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Add Art 17 §§250 - 253, St Fin L; rpld & add Art 41 Title 5-A §§4164 - 4164-b, add §4160-b, Pub Health L

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Enacts the "life appropriation act" prohibiting state funding for abortions and related costs; regulates abortions and prohibits dismemberment abortions.

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BILL NOA09198 

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11/03/2025referred to health

01/07/2026referred to health

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 9198

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 November 3, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. DiPIETRO -- read once and referred to the Commit-
 tee on Health

 AN ACT to amend the state finance law, in relation to enacting the "life
 appropriation act"; to amend the public health law, in relation to the
 regulation of abortions and prohibiting dismemberment abortions; and
 to repeal certain provisions of the public health law relating thereto

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "life
 2 appropriation act".
 3 § 2. The Legislature finds that:
 4 1. The state of New York facilitates the disbursement of both state
 5 and federal funds to qualifying entities for purposes of conducting
 6 certain activities.
 7 2. Public dollars awarded to qualifying entities may facilitate or
 8 subsidize directly or indirectly expenses or activities not directly
 9 related to those for which the funds were intended, including without
 10 limitation shared administrative costs, overhead, employee salaries,
 11 rent, utilities and various other expenses.
 12 3. It is possible that public dollars made available by or through the
 13 state of New York may be awarded to an entity that performs convenience
 14 abortions or subsidizes or otherwise facilitates the entity's ability to
 15 perform convenience abortions although the funds were not disbursed
 16 specifically for the purpose of performing convenience abortions.
 17 4. As elected representatives of the people of New York, the members
 18 of the legislature are entrusted with ensuring that all activities
 19 conducted with the aid of public funds are in accordance with the wishes
 20 of the people of New York and the intent of the laws of this state.
 21 5. It is within the purview of the legislature to establish criteria
 22 as the basis on which public funds are disbursed unless prohibited by
 23 the United States Constitution.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD13461-01-5

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 1 6. The United States is a constitutional republic that the state of
 2 New York is part of.
 3 7. The United States Constitution preempts state action, when they
 4 conflict under the doctrine of preemption.
 5 8. The Establishment Clause of the First Amendment of the United
 6 States Constitution states, "Congress shall make no law respecting an
 7 establishment of religion".
 8 9. The Establishment Clause of the First Amendment of the United
 9 States Constitution applies to the state of New York through the Four-
 10 teenth Amendment of the United States Constitution.
 11 10. As elected representatives, the members of the legislature have a
 12 duty under Article IV of the United States Constitution to not appropri-
 13 ate funds in a manner that violates the Establishment Clause of the
 14 United States Constitution.
 15 11. The United States Supreme Court has recognized that Secular Human-
 16 ism is a religion for purposes of the Establishment Clause in Torcaso v.
 17 Watkins, 367 U.S. 488 (1961), Edwards v. Aguillard, 482 U.S. 578
 18 (1987), and elsewhere.
 19 12. The naked assertions that "abortion is not murder," "that abortion
 20 is not immoral" and that "life does not begin at conception" are unprov-
 21 en faith-based assumptions that are implicitly religious and are unprov-
 22 en truth claims that are inseparably linked to the religion of Secular
 23 Huma