YOU DID THIS!  >The NYS Legislature heard you and at their Special Session they voted to pass the Equality Amendment. (Click here to read it.) > Tell your legislators Thank You! They passed the Equality Amendment. > Call them and say, “Thank You!”  Majority Leader Stewart-Cousins – (518) 455-2585 Speaker Heastie – (518) 455-3791; AND your…

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**PROTECT New Yorkers from this Extremist SCOTUS** Make the following calls and emails TODAY. There is NO time to lose! >The NYS Legislature is meeting for a Special Session tomorrow, Thursday, June 30th. > Tell your legislators they must include the Equality Amendment on the Agenda – and then they must PASS IT! It will enshrine abortion…

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Choice Matters’ Clinic Access Bill Becomes Law! Drafted. Passed. Done. (12+ years in the making.) In November, when the clinic in White Plains was attacked, we said, “enough is enough!” We drafted, re-drafted, and drafted again legislation, and demanded meetings. We worked until the bill was right. This new law (boy, that sounds so good!) protects the inside of…

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By Matthew Bitterman Since its independence, the United States has been a secular nation. The concept of separation of church and state is key, and written in our nation’s founding documents. Sadly, all three branches of the federal government have worked to erode this constitutional principle in recent years. Now, with an extremist majority in…

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By Olivia Halligan The first week of May was met with breaking news that the extremist majority of Supreme Court will most likely issue a decision overturning Roe v. Wade.  Roe established abortion as a constitutional right in the United States. Since the leaking of decision, protests have taken place around the Supreme Court, and…

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Dorothy Brown, MD 1919 – 2004 “Dorothy Brown, MD, the first black female surgeon in the U.S., was also the first American state legislator to attempt to legalize abortion. As a member of the Tennessee state legislature in 1967, she proposed a bill to that effect and her commitment to reproductive rights remained strong in…

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Will New Hampshire legalize slavery? Just days before the 49th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, a bill, House Bill 1181, allowing men to sue women to stop them from having an abortion was introduced in New Hampshire. Quite literally, a man would be able to hold a woman hostage for the length of her pregnancy. All he…

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Get a FREE Choice Matters Sticker!!! We know how dedicated you are to the fight for reproductive rights! That’s why we want to recognize you with a gift—a limited-edition Choice Matters sticker. With every donation and questionnaire completed, we will send you a sticker. Step #1 Click Here to Complete the Survey!  Step #2 Donate!…

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Over the last week we’ve witnessed: The Supreme Court hear oral arguments against Texas’ extreme 6-week abortion  ban; The Supreme Court side with the Albany Diocese AGAINST New York State, potentially overturning health insurance requirements concerning abortion; Ohio’s introduction of HB 480 that is a total ban of all abortions and is structured like the Texas law, making citizens…

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TODAY the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments against the most restrictive abortion ban in the country – Texas’ SB 8 law. As the Court hears the two cases challenging Texas’ ban on almost all abortion, it has never been more clear, WE MUST ACT. We – together with our allies across the country – are taking action, demanding…

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