New York · New York Penal Law (PEN)

N.Y. Penal Law § 240.70: Criminal interference with health care services or religious worship in the second degree

Misdemeanor

What this law says, in plain English

Defines criminal offense for using force, threats, or physical obstruction to injure, intimidate, or interfere with persons obtaining reproductive health services or exercising religious worship, or damaging property of health care facilities or places of worship.

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