Nick Reisman reports for New York State of Politics that Gov. Kathy Hochul signed two laws May 2 expanding access to abortion in New York. The laws guarantee access to medication abortion and allow pharmacists to prescribe over-the-counter birth control. The signing comes as many other states are not allowing access to abortions. Hochul previously announced that New York will stockpile 150,000 doses of the abortion medication pill misoprostol, which judges may ban nationwide. "Our state from the beginning has launched this great fight," Hochul said during a signing ceremony at the Capitol. "We're going to do everything in our power to stop the back slide while expanding reproductive rights in our state." The New York Catholic Conference disagreed, arguing the new laws would do little to aid women and further their health care in the state, saying, "The social pressures and availability of harmful substances combine to make campus a wholly inappropriate place to offer dangerous medication to young women, some as young as 17." But abortion medication has been deemed much safer than other drugs, such as Viagra, which are not being blocked by judges. Read more about this story in New York State of Politics.