2014 New York Governor's race: on Abortion
Zephyr Teachout:
Abortion rights are part of women's equality
Zephyr Teachout argued that the State Legislature's failure to pass the "uncontroversial" Women's Equality Act comes down to abortion. While passing the Women's Equality Act would better protect New York's women by strengthening state laws against sexual
harassment, domestic violence and salary discrimination, Teachout said, the 10th point in its 10-point plan: bringing state abortion rights in line with the federal standard of Roe v. Wade, has paralyzed the State Senate. Conservative
Republicans and rogue Democrats in the ruling Senate coalition are blocking its passage, she said.This failure is a betrayal of both New York State and New York women, said Teachout. When New York State legalized abortion in 1970,
three years before Roe v Wade, it paved the way for a national right to abortion, she said. New York's historic role as a women's rights stalwart has made it a haven for women from states where their reproductive rights are under assault, Teachout said.
Source: Bay Ridge Journal on 2014 New York gubernatorial race
Aug 9, 2014
Andrew Cuomo:
Codify state with federal law to allow 9th-month abortions
Cuomo said he wanted to "codify" state with the federal law to assure abortions could be performed into the ninth month of pregnancy. Although already legal under federal law, he said the state measure is needed in case the U.S. Supreme Court strikes
down the Roe v. Wade decision.Cuomo made the issue a crescendo in his 2013 State of the State speech--"Because it's her body! It's her choice!" But Senate Republicans, as expected, ultimately blocked the measure.
State records show few New Yorkers seek abortions as late as the ninth month of pregnancy. Of 97,502 abortions in New York in 2012, just 2.6 percent came after the fifth month of pregnancy, according to the state Health Department.
Astorino last week
called Cuomo's proposal to protect ninth-month abortions "sick, I think that's ghastly. I would veto that in a second." But he said he wouldn't try to erode current abortion laws. "I'm pro-life. This is a pro-choice state. I get that," Astorino said.
Source: Newsday AdWatch on 2014 New York State gubernatorial race
May 18, 2014
Rob Astorino:
No 9th-month abortions, even if federal law allows it
Cuomo said he wanted to "codify" state with the federal law to assure abortions could be performed into the ninth month of pregnancy. Although already legal under federal law, he said the state measure is needed in case the U.S. Supreme Court strikes
down the Roe v. Wade decision.State records show few New Yorkers seek abortions as late as the ninth month of pregnancy. Of 97,502 abortions in New York in 2012, just 2.6 percent came after the fifth month of pregnancy, according to the state
Health Department.
Astorino last week called Cuomo's proposal to protect ninth-month abortions "sick, I think that's ghastly. . . . I would veto that in a second." But he said he wouldn't try to erode current abortion laws. "I'm pro-life. This is a
pro-choice state. I get that," Astorino said in a March news conference in Buffalo. "What I will not do is expand abortion up to birth, which is what Governor Cuomo's bill would do."
Source: Newsday AdWatch on 2014 New York State gubernatorial race
May 18, 2014
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