STATEMENT BY DFS SUPERINTENDENT LINDA A. LACEWELL ON NEW YORK STATE SUPREME COURT, APPELLATE DIVISION, THIRD JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT OPINION AND ORDER ON ROMAN CATHOLIC DIOCESE OF ALBANY ET. AL:

July 2, 2020 

“The Appellate Division today upheld DFS’ Medically Necessary Abortion Regulation against challenge from religious groups.  The regulation requires and ensures that all commercial health insurers within New York State offer coverage for medically necessary abortion services. The Court recognized that the regulation was properly promulgated and was well within the expertise and authority of the Superintendent. DFS will continue to protect the Constitutional rights of New Yorkers to access services and in support of Governor Cuomo’s leadership on securing access to reproductive health services in New York.”

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