SUING GOVERNOR
CUOMO OVER A BILL
THEY SAY VIOLATES
THEIR RIGHTS.
THE BILL SAYS
EMPLOYERS CANNOT
TURN SOMEONE
DOWN JUST BASED ON
WHERE THEY STAND
ON REPRODUCTIVE
HEALTH.
((DBOX))
ATYIA COLLINS JOINS
US NOW WITH MORE
ON THE LAWSUIT...
(ATYIA))
COMPASSCARE
PREGNANCY SERVICES
IS A PRO-LIFE, NON
FOR-PROFIT THAT HAS
BEEN OFFERING
SERVICES AROUND
REPRODUCTIVE
HEALTH IN THE
ROCHESTER AREA FOR
DECADES.
A REPRESENTATIVE
FOR THE GROUP SAYS
THEY'RE CONCERNED
THE BILL WOULD
FORCE THEM TO HIRE
PEOPLE WHOSE
BELIEFS RUN COUNTER
TO THE RELIGIOUS
BELIEFS OF THE
ORGANIZATION.
"
LOOK THROUGH THE
COMPASSCARE
WEBSITE AND YOU
CAN SEE THEIR PRO
LIFE MISSION.
ATTORNEYS
REPRESENTING
COMPASSCARE SAY
THE STATE'S LAW
VIOLATES THEIR FIRST
AMENDMENT RIGHTS.
((sot-denis harle-
phoner))
11.18.19.wav
"the government
can't tell religious
organizations to hire
someone that
doesn't agree with
the mission."
((sot-denis harle-
phoner))
11.18.19.wav
"this law requires
pro-life religious
organizations like
compass care, first
bible Baptist church
to employ people
whose belief and
behaviors violate
those religious
beliefs of the
organizations."
THE LAW AMENDS THE
LABOR LAW TO
INCLUDE A
"PROHIBITION OF
DISCRIMINATION
BASED ON AN
EMPLOYEE'S OR A
DEPENDENT'S
REPRODUCTIVE
HEALTH DECISION
MAKING."
WE ASKED GOVERNOR
CUOMO'S OFFICE FOR
A RESPONSE TO THE
LAWSUIT AND THEY
SAID--
JASON CONWALL,
SPOKESMAN FOR
GOVERNOR
CUOMO:
"GOVERNOR CUOMO
ENACTED THE LAW TO
ENSURE EMPLOYERS
CANNOT
DISCRIMINATE OR
INTERFERE IN THE
PERSONAL MEDICAL
AND REPRODUCTIVE
HEALTH CARE
DECISIONS OF
EMPLOYEES,
AND WE WILL
VIGOROUSLY DEFEND
THE LAW AND THE
IMPORTANT
PROTECTIONS IT
PROVIDES TO ALL NEW
YORKERS.
THAT SAID, THIS
LAWSUIT IS
FRIVOLOUS AND QUITE
FRANKLY RIDICULOUS,
AND WE EXPECT IT TO
BE DISMISSED BY THE
COURT."
LOCAL ATTORNEY
MIKE BURGER SAYS IN
THE PAST THE
SUPREME COURT HAS
ASKED LOWER COURT
TO LOOK AT EACH
LAWSUIT
INDIVIDUALLY-
AND HE ADDED THAT
WHEN FIRST
AMENDMENT RIGHTS
ARE IMPLICATED THE
COURTS APPLY A
MUCH MORE CAREFUL
REVIEW
((sot-mike burger
legal consultant))
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here you have a
state legislature that
has deliberated an
passed the bill
((sot))
487g7633.mov
"its a very heavy
burden to show that
your entitled to stop
that type of a law
going for because it
presumedly reflects
the will of the
people."
((ATYIA))
THE REPRESENTATIVE
FOR COMPASSCARE
PREGNANCY SERVICES
TOLD ME THAT THEY
PLAN TO STOP THE
LAW WHILE THE
LAWSUIT PRECEDES.
((DBOX))
BURGER SAY THIS
LAWSUIT WILL FACE
SOME CHALLENGES.
IN THE NEWSROOM
ATYIA COLLINS NEWS8
((ADAM))
AGAIN, THAT BILL WAS
SIGNED INTO LAW ON
THE 8TH OF THIS
MONTH.
IT TOOK EFFECT
IMMEDIATELY.
((MAUREEN))
IN NATIONAL NEWS--
THIS WEEK WILL BE AN
EVENTFUL ONE AT THE
HOUSE IMPEACHMENT
HEARINGS.
((VO))
THE HOUSE
INTELLIGENCE
COMMITTEE WILL
HEAR TESTIMONY
FROM NINE SEPARATE
