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NY A 5161

in committee

Provides pregnant persons with alternative birth choices to preserve the life of a fetus when electing to have an abortion

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

Quick answers

Did NY A 5161 pass?

Not yet. NY A 5161 is in committee as of 2026-01-07 and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2026-01-07): REFERRED TO HEALTH

What is NY A 5161 about?

Provides pregnant persons with alternative birth choices to preserve the life of a fetus when electing to have an abortion by health care practitioners offering sedated birth and perinatal hospice procedures.

Who sponsors NY A 5161?

Joe DeStefano is the primary sponsor of NY A 5161, joined by 1 cosponsor.

Description

Provides pregnant persons with alternative birth choices to preserve the life of a fetus when electing to have an abortion by health care practitioners offering sedated birth and perinatal hospice procedures.

Introduced
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Latest action
2026-01-07 — REFERRED TO HEALTH
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Joe DeStefanoprimary
  • Eric Browncosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-02-12

    REFERRED TO HEALTH

    referral-committee

  2. 2026-01-07

    REFERRED TO HEALTH

    referral-committee

Versions

Documents

Votes

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Related bills

  • Prior session: A 8868not in this corpus
  • Prior session: A 3752not in this corpus
  • Prior session: A 3479not in this corpus

Official source

https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/bills/2025-2026/A5161?summary=&detail=

Attribution

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