{"id":76961,"date":"2017-01-17T21:55:36","date_gmt":"2017-01-18T02:55:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=76961"},"modified":"2017-01-17T21:55:36","modified_gmt":"2017-01-18T02:55:36","slug":"schneiderman-issues-statement-on-assembly-passage-of-comprehensive-contraception-coverage-act","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=76961","title":{"rendered":"Schneiderman issues statement on Assembly passage of Comprehensive Contraception Coverage Act"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?attachment_id=70131\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-70131\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-70131\" src=\"http:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Attorny_General_Eric_T_Schneiderman.jpg\" alt=\"Attorny_General_Eric_T_Schneiderman\" width=\"260\" height=\"221\" srcset=\"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Attorny_General_Eric_T_Schneiderman.jpg 260w, https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Attorny_General_Eric_T_Schneiderman-150x128.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 260px) 100vw, 260px\" \/><\/a><\/strong>Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman released the following statement upon Assembly passage of his <a href=\"http:\/\/links.govdelivery.com\/track?type=click&amp;enid=ZWFzPTEmbXNpZD0mYXVpZD0mbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTcwMTE4LjY4ODY2MTgxJm1lc3NhZ2VpZD1NREItUFJELUJVTC0yMDE3MDExOC42ODg2NjE4MSZkYXRhYmFzZWlkPTEwMDEmc2VyaWFsPTE2ODkzMDI3JmVtYWlsaWQ9bWFyZ29AbTNwbWVkaWEuY29tJnVzZXJpZD1tYXJnb0BtM3BtZWRpYS5jb20mdGFyZ2V0aWQ9JmZsPSZleHRyYT1NdWx0aXZhcmlhdGVJZD0mJiY=&amp;&amp;&amp;100&amp;&amp;&amp;https:\/\/ag.ny.gov\/press-release\/eve-trump-administration-ag-schneiderman-introduces-comprehensive-contraception\" target=\"_blank\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en&amp;q=http:\/\/links.govdelivery.com:80\/track?type%3Dclick%26enid%3DZWFzPTEmbXNpZD0mYXVpZD0mbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTcwMTE4LjY4ODY2MTgxJm1lc3NhZ2VpZD1NREItUFJELUJVTC0yMDE3MDExOC42ODg2NjE4MSZkYXRhYmFzZWlkPTEwMDEmc2VyaWFsPTE2ODkzMDI3JmVtYWlsaWQ9bWFyZ29AbTNwbWVkaWEuY29tJnVzZXJpZD1tYXJnb0BtM3BtZWRpYS5jb20mdGFyZ2V0aWQ9JmZsPSZleHRyYT1NdWx0aXZhcmlhdGVJZD0mJiY%3D%26%26%26100%26%26%26https:\/\/ag.ny.gov\/press-release\/eve-trump-administration-ag-schneiderman-introduces-comprehensive-contraception&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1484792813098000&amp;usg=AFQjCNF4_yzsJa2s38LnF9HZnO3tS1iaKw\">Comprehensive Contraception Coverage Act<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cWith Republicans in Congress and President-elect Trump looking to roll back the critical gains made under the Affordable Care Act, New York must take the lead and guarantee access to contraceptives.<\/em><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>I was proud to introduce the Comprehensive Contraception Coverage Act of 2017, which would protect and enhance New Yorkers\u2019 access to cost-free contraception, ensuring the continuation of vital coverage in the event that the ACA is repealed.<\/em><em>\u00a0<\/em><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><em>New Yorkers need to know that their basic right to comprehensive, cost-free birth control is protected, no matter what happens in Washington.<\/em><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Today\u2019s vote in the Assembly marks an important step toward making this goal a reality, and I\u2019m particularly grateful to Assemblymember Cahill for sponsoring this bill.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Now, the Senate must act, so that no New Yorker has to worry about losing the birth control access they rely on to stay healthy and plan for their future.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman released the following statement upon Assembly passage of his Comprehensive Contraception Coverage Act: \u201cWith Republicans in Congress and President-elect Trump looking to roll back the critical gains made under the Affordable Care Act, New York must take the lead and guarantee access to contraceptives.\u00a0 I was proud to introduce the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":70131,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23810,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-76961","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-wellbeing","category-top-story"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76961","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=76961"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76961\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/70131"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=76961"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=76961"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=76961"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}