Reproductive Health

The benefit won’t apply to unionized workers, who make up the vast majority of the municipal workforce.

A law signed last year has finally cleared the necessary regulatory review.

"The Handmaid's Tale makes it very clear that what allows for this really repressive future, and really oppressive future, is inaction," one advocate said.

New York women covered by Medicaid now have the option of receiving an intrauterine device or contraceptive implant immediately following childbirth, sparing them an inconvenient follow-up appointment.