“I was not ready to be a mom,” said Deputy Mayor Anne Williams-Isom, recalling her decision to have an abortion at 18. “So if I didn't have access to a safe, affordable abortion, I would not be here with you all today.'
Mayor Eric Adams at a press conference decrying the U.S. Supreme Court ruling on abortion.Standing in front of dozens of colleagues on the steps of City Hall alongside Mayor Eric Adams, the top women leaders of the Adams administration on Friday delivered angry and at times, anguished rebukes of the U.S.
The mayor spoke about “being the wrong guy at the wrong time,” when he revealed that as a troubled teenager he was told by a woman named Linda that she was pregnant with his child. “I was not ready to be a mom,” she said. “So if I didn't have access to a safe, affordable abortion, I would not be here with you all today. I wouldn't have the life that I wanted to have. I wouldn't be able to be the mother that I wanted to be.”
On Friday, Adams was among the many lawmakers who affirmed the state’s status as a sanctuary for women seeking abortions, specifically those from outside the state.The city has distinguished itself in other ways over the years. In 2019, New York City
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