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New York · 2025-2026 General Assembly
A02489Relates to paid family leave and bereavement for fetal death, still birth, and an infant being medically not viable to survive.
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Abortionpersonhood ivfAI label
=No change to abortion accessmodel confidence 60%
Expands paid family leave benefits to cover bereavement for fetal death, still birth, or non-viable infant, treating these events equivalently to other qualifying family leaves without creating or referencing fetal legal personhood or altering abortion access.
leave taken for the purposes of bereavement due to the fetal death or still birth of an infant born to the employee or the employee's spouse, or due to the employee's infant being declared medically not viable to survive birth by a physician licensed under article one hundred thirty-one of the education law.
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AbortionotherAI label
↑Expands abortion accessmodel confidence 70%
Adds bereavement leave under paid family leave for fetal death, still birth, or medically non-viable infant, expanding employee benefits for pregnancy loss without changing abortion regulations, access, or funding.
or (d) leave taken for the purposes of bereavement due to the fetal death or still birth of an infant born to the employee or the employee's spouse, or due to the employee's infant being declared medically not viable to survive birth by a physician licensed under article one hundred thirty-one of the education law.
Why the model tagged it this way: The bill amends paid family leave statutes solely to include bereavement leave for fetal death, stillbirth, or non-viable infant diagnosis, providing new benefits and adjusting notice/proof requirements accordingly. This has no provisions on abortion access, gestational limits, funding, personhood, or any other tracked topic.
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