FPA joins other health care coalitions to begin extensive work on the New York Prospective Hospital Reimbursement Methodology V. The goal is to make this health reform bill more responsive to the needs of women and adolescents, to provide aid for mid-level practitioners, and to permit family planning clinics to be eligible for primary care funding.

FPA works on the Hope v. Perales case, which results in a favorable decision by an intermediate Appellate Court recognizing privacy protections in the State Constitution which cover abortion, and ruling that the Prenatal Care Assistance Program (PCAP) is unconstitutional because it excludes abortion. This decision is later overturned.

FPA works with the Department of Health to ensure family planning clinics are eligible for grants and actively supports a successful application for federal breast and cervical cancer screening funding.

FPA works with other pro-choice groups to build support for the Health Facilities Access Bill, designed to increase penalties to deter zealots who seek to blockade abortion clinics.

As in previous years, an attempt to de-fund Medicaid for low-income women’s abortions is thwarted and the Governor increases family planning funds by $1 million, with the Legislature matching this increase by adding an additional $1 million, for a total of $17 million. Public health campaign monies for sexually transmitted infection screening and education increases by $625,000.