A deceptive New York ballot initiative would empower the blue state’s lawmakers to pass such progressive laws as allowing illegal migrants to vote and mandating the most radical reading of transgender rights, according to the New York Post editorial board.
Named the “Equal Rights Amendment,” Proposition 1 was placed on the ballot under the guise that it’s just about abortion. Proponents say enshrining abortion rights in the state constitution would make it harder to restrict if the political situation were to change.
However, New York’s state Republican Party says the state already has anti-discrimination laws — Article 1 Section 11 of the New York state Constitution prohibits discrimination based on race, color, creed, and religion — and the amendment goes well beyond creating a constitutional right to abortion.
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