Thank you for joining this week’s edition of the Albany Update.

Let’s start today’s program with some international news. Last week it was reported that China is again relaxing its policy regarding how many children a family is permitted to have.

Then, a national pro-life organization has launched a major campaign in response to the Supreme Court’s announcement that it will consider a landmark abortion case.

Continuing on the pro-life front, 62 leaders of pro-life organizations, including New Yorkers for Constitutional Freedoms, are urging congressional leadership not to leave federal pro-life protections behind when they pass President Biden’s first budget.

Then, closer to home, we’ll look at what relaxing COVID regulations mean for churches in the Empire State.

Finally, we’re about to enter the last week of the 2021 regular legislative session. We’ll let you know where things stand now.

Let’s get started.