SAY NO TO STATE-SPONSORED ABORTION

Governor Kathy Hochul and aligned advocacy organizations are supporting continued and expanded funding across several abortion-related programs in New York’s pending FY 2027 budget (April 1, 2026 - March 31, 2027). The abortion funding being sought collectively totals roughly $100 million, including approximately:

• $35 million to backfill lost federal Medicaid reimbursements to Planned Parenthood affiliates and related providers, 

• $30 million annually for the Reproductive Freedom and Equity Program, 

• $20 million to sustain medication abortion and later-stage care funding, and

• $15 million in continued capital and infrastructure support for providers under the Reproductive Health Care Improvement Program. 

As reflected in the publicly released Executive Budget, these are still proposals - they are not yet listed as specific line items in the appropriation bills. They cannot be spent unless the Legislature votes to approve them in the final enacted budget, whether as direct appropriations or within broader health funding. 

That means there is still time for lawmakers to stop them.

On behalf of pregnant mothers and their unborn children, FCLNY urges every NY legislator to exercise careful fiscal oversight, scrutinize any attempt to incorporate these proposals into the final budget agreement, and VOTE NO to the FY 2027 NY Budget if it contains any funding for abortion-related services.

FCLNY urges the Governor to reverse her position of support for $100 million in abortion related spending in NY's FY 2027 budget.

New York recorded 70,562 abortions in 2023, the most recent year the NY Department of Health reports abortion data. This represents an abortion rate nearly 30% higher than the U.S. national average (18 vs.14 abortions per 1,000 women). Notably, 2023 also marked the highest percentage of pregnancies ending in abortion in the past five years, with 25% of pregnancies resolved by abortion.

The longer-term data show that abortions in NY have declined substantially over the past decade, from 2014 through 2023, for which there exists published NY abortion statistics. Since 2014, the abortion rate per 1,000 women has dropped by nearly 22%.

These figures demonstrate that New York is not facing an abortion “access crisis” that supports any expanded public funding. In fact the recent rise in the percentage of pregnancies ending in abortion, demonstrates the contrary.

Let’s not reverse the decade-long progress made in NY for pregnant mothers and their unborn children. 

Abortion harms women and girls. Studies show abortion increases risks of depression, anxiety, substance abuse, and suicide.



Pregnant mothers deserve better than a system that funds and presents the violence of abortion as a solution. Women have agency, strength, and the capacity to choose life. New York’s priority should be expanding resources for parents and birth mothers, not directing public funding toward ending unborn lives and harming women.

If you're a registered voter in NY contact Governor Hochul to voice your opposition to any and all abortion related budgetary spending. NY needs resources allocated for life affirming solutions for pregnant mothers, rather than state-sponsored abortion.

Contact Governor Hochul with Opposition Here: https://www.governor.ny.gov/content/governor-contact-form

NY registered voters please contact your NY legislators in the NY Senate and Assembly and ask them to VOTE NO to any and all abortion related budgetary spending.

Contact your Senator Here: https://www.nysenate.gov/senators-committees

Contact your Assemblymember Here: https://nyassembly.gov/mem/