N.Y. PEN Law § 240.70
This is the official text of N.Y. PEN Law § 240.70, part of New York’s Penal Law — defines crimes and punishments in New York.
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Criminal interference with health care services or religious worship in the second degree
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§ 240.70 Criminal interference with health care services or religious\n worship in the second degree.\n 1. A person is guilty of criminal interference with health services or\nreligious worship in the second degree when:\n (a) by force or threat of force or by physical obstruction, he or she\nintentionally injures, intimidates or interferes with, or attempts to\ninjure, intimidate or interfere with, another person because such other\nperson was or is obtaining or providing reproductive health services; or\n (b) by force or threat of force or by physical obstruction, he or she\nintentionally injures, intimidates or interferes with, or attempts to\ninjure, intimidate or interfere with, another person in order to\ndiscourage such other person or any other person or persons from\nobtaining or providing reproductive health services; or\n (c) by force or threat of force or by physical obstruction, he or she\nintentionally injures, intimidates or interferes with, or attempts to\ninjure, intimidate or interfere with, another person because such person\nwas or is seeking to exercise the right of religious freedom at a place\nof religious worship; or\n (d) he or she intentionally damages the property of a health care\nfacility, or attempts to do so, because such facility provides\nreproductive health services, or intentionally damages the property of a\nplace of religious worship.\n 2. A parent or legal guardian of a minor shall not be subject to\nprosecution for conduct otherwise prohibited by paragraph (a) or (b) of\nsubdivision one of this section which is directed exclusively at such\nminor.\n 3. For purposes of this section:\n (a) the term "health care facility" means a hospital, clinic,\nphysician's office or other facility that provides reproductive health\nservices, and includes the building or structure in which the facility\nis located;\n (b) the term "interferes with" means to restrict a person's freedom of\nmovement;\n (c) the term "intimidates" means to place a person in reasonable\napprehension of physical injury to himself or herself or to another\nperson;\n (d) the term "physical obstruction" means rendering impassable ingress\nto or egress from a facility that provides reproductive health services\nor to or from a place of religious worship, or rendering passage to or\nfrom such a facility or place of religious worship unreasonably\ndifficult or hazardous; and\n (e) the term "reproductive health services" means health care services\nprovided in a hospital, clinic, physician's office or other facility and\nincludes medical, surgical, counseling or referral services relating to\nthe human reproductive system, including services relating to pregnancy\nor the termination of a pregnancy.\n Criminal interference with health care services or religious worship\nin the second degree is a class A misdemeanor.\n
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