The first thing you should know about Proposition 1 is that it won’t provide any additional rights to any groups, although it will put into the New York state constitution protections now provided by statute. Although the proposition wouldn’t enshrine the right to an abortion or any other substantive right into the state Constitution, it would make discrimination, that is, arbitrary unequal treatment on the basis of the exercise of those rights, a violation of the state Constitution.
Currently, Article 1 Section 11 of the New York state Constitution prohibits discrimination based on race, color, creed and religion.
Ballot Proposition 1 would amend the section to also include ethnicity, national origin, age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy and pregnancy outcomes, as well as reproductive health care and autonomy…