FTA: Last week, on the forty-sixth anniversary of the Roe v. Wade decision, the New York legislature passed a law that would protect women’s right to abortion in that state even if the Supreme Court overturns the landmark abortion rights case. Supported by Governor Andrew Cuomo , the law protects access to abortion, removes abortion from the state’s criminal code, and expressly allows abortions after twenty-four weeks in some life-threatening cases.