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Hillsong Church founder and lead Pastor Brian Houston has described New Yolk state decision to make abortion a “fundamental right” for any reason “tragic” adding that officials behind the law have “a lot to answer for.”
New York City’s One World Trade Center’s spire was lit pink to celebrate the passing of the law, local medias sources reported on Tuesday.
Known as S240 in the state Senate and A21 in the Assembly, the law was passed by both houses, and signed by New York governor Andrew Cuomo.
“May almighty God have mercy on the state of New York,” local media quoted opponents to the law as saying after it passed the Senate.
The law allows non-doctors to perform abortions and repeals a legislation recognising unborn babies over 24 weeks as potential homicide victims.
“In the face of a federal government intent on rolling back Roe v. Wade and women’s reproductive rights, I promised that we would enact this critical legislation within the first 30 days of the new session – and we got it done,” Cuomo said.
According to the Catholic Herald, New York State’s bishops decried the move, saying the state had become “a more dangerous one for women and their unborn babies”.
The bishops said in a joint statement that many of the state senators and assembly members who voted for this abortion expansion are mothers themselves, who felt their child toss, turn and kick in their womb, and delighted in the progress of their pregnancy.
“All overcame these issues to rise to leadership in our state, because their parents chose life for them,” the bishops added.
“Let us all pray for the conversion of heart for those who celebrate this tragic moment in the history of our state,” they said. “And we pray in a special way for the lives that will be lost, and for the women of our state who are made less safe under this law.”
