David Klepper of the Associated Press reports in The Daily Freeman that New York state passed new abortion rights Jan. 22, an effort to protect women's right in face of a possible Supreme Court ruling overturning Roe v. Wade. The State Senate and Assembly passed the Reproductive Health Act, and Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed it into law on the 46th anniversary of the Roe v. Wade decision. The bill replaces a 1970 state abortion law that only permitted abortions after 24 weeks of pregnancy if a woman's life was at risk. Physician assistants can perform some abortions under this new law. "We have a president who has made it very, very clear that he wants to overturn Roe v. Wade," said the Senate's new leader, Democrat Andrea Stewart-Cousins of Yonkers. "Today in New York we are saying 'No. Not here in New York.'" Locally, Republicans George Amedore and Daphne Jordan both voted against the bill in the senate. Read the full story in The Daily Freeman.