New York passed its 2020-2021 budget Thursday despite COVID-19 uncertainties. The New York State Assembly enacted legislative reforms alongside the budget. The most notable of these reforms include legalizing commercial surrogacy and outlawing the “pink tax.”
In legalizing commercial surrogacy, the state created a Surrogates’ Bill of Rights that ensures comprehensive health insurance and pregnancy termination rights for surrogates. Regarding the “pink tax,” the overpricing of products marketed towards women, New York has banned this overpricing and requires producers to disclose pricing information.
