“The unsettling ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn Roe v. Wade has made it all the
more critical that existing protections in New York be ironclad for those who seek and provide
reproductive health care. Passage of new state and local legislation strengthening New York’s
protections for abortion and other reproductive health care services, like the ones signed by
Governor Hochul earlier this month and the “Reproductive Health Care Facilities Access Act”
passed yesterday and signed into law by Westchester County Executive George Latimer, are
important measures that will enhance safe access to abortion, which remains legal in the state of
New York.
“My office successfully prosecuted trespassers at a White Plains women’s clinic last fall, and we
will continue to prosecute any individuals who interfere with patients’ access to reproductive
health care in our jurisdiction in violation of the laws of our State and County,” said Rocah.
In 2021, Christopher Moscinski, Matthew Connelly, and William Goodman were arrest in White Plains after entering the All Women’s Medical Clinic and refusing to leave for two house. They were charged, and found guilty of misdemeanor criminal trespass. The maximum sentence each person can receive is three months in jail.
We have received several letters to the editor asking that each receive the maximum sentence.
