Testimony Before the Joint Legislative Budget Hearing on Health

In order to meet this moment in history, New York State must prioritize health dollars and policies to support women and transgender, gender nonconforming, nonbinary, and intersex people.

The Trump presidency is an existential threat to reproductive freedom and LGBTQ rights. Trump and his allies have made clear that overturning Roe v. Wade was just the beginning – their ultimate aim is to eliminate access to abortion across the country and erase transgender people from public life.

The NYCLU calls upon the Governor and legislature to adequately fund reproductive health care and gender-affirming care in the FY2026 state budget, as well as to include provisions in the Article VII legislation that support access to health care.