On Election Day, voters in New York will decide on Proposition 1, also known as the “Equal Rights Amendment.” Proponents tout the measure as necessary to enshrine abortion in the state constitution, but critics point out that the word “abortion” does not appear anywhere in the text.

The referendum states: “No person shall be denied the equal protection of the laws of this state” and would extend all of those protections to everyone regardless of “race, color, ethnicity, national origin, age, disability, creed [or], religion, or sex, including sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy, pregnancy outcomes, and reproductive healthcare and autonomy.”

Bobbie Anne Cox, a Westchester, New York-based constitutional attorney, recently told the New York Post that Proposition 1 “would put noncitizens and illegal immigrants on the same plan as citizens. It’s a Trojan horse of epic proportions.”

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