WCLA – Choice Matters requires ALL candidates to submit a completed questionnaire in each election cycle in which a candidate is running. As explained in the Endorsement Policy at wclapac.org and prochoicevoter.org, WCLA PAC and ProChoice Voter use WCLA – Choice Matters’ ratings of the questionnaires and/or interviews to make endorsement decisions. Other than candidates running for U.S. president or vice president, WCLA – Choice Matters has maintained this policy without exception for over 30 years. All candidates are informed that if they do not submit a completed questionnaire and/or participate in an interview if requested, he/she/they will be rated “anti-choice”. This requirement is essential for two very important reasons: 1.) It exposes anti-choice candidates who opt not to return the questionnaire or participate in an interview rather than tell voters where they stand; and 2.) Candidates’ positions change, as exemplified in the cases of Jeanine Pirro (2001) and Virginia Perez (2018.) Only because WCLA – Choice Matters required a completed questionnaire in each election cycle was the Organization able to expose the changes in these two candidates’ positions. NYS Supreme Court candidate John Sarcone, who was rated anti-choice by the Organization in 2000 and 1998 when he ran for NYS Assembly, categorically refused to participate this year in an interview and threatened WCLA – Choice Matters with a lawsuit if it shared its opinion, rating him anti-choice in 2022. WCLA – Choice Matters declines to alter its rating process because that would constitute special treatment. WCLA – Choice Matters is non-partisan and is not allied with any political party. The Organization’s sole mission is to fight for comprehensive reproductive healthcare for all women and to eliminate all inequities in accessing that care. The Organization holds all candidates to the same standards, and does not give any individual special treatment. Endorsements are made but not necessarily accepted. WCLA – Choice Matters has never and will never let its judgement and political opinions be compromised on any basis.
Staying alert makes you a better voter, a better advocate. Last Week’s Bad News MIFEPRISTONE – MEDICATION ABORTION Last Wednesday, the case to ban mifepristone nationwide was heard by the U.S….
Yesterday the US Supreme Court decided to stay a ruling to restrict mifepristone, leaving access and legal standing UNCHANGED for now. This is a “stay,” not a “decision.” Medication abortion is still in…
Starting Friday – Medication Abortion Banned in New York
IN JUST 5 DAYS, MEDICATION ABORTION WILL BE ILLEGAL IN NEW YORK STATE Last Friday, one single federal court judge in Texas blocked access to medication abortion for all women. He decided in favor of an…
We were joined by the many who know how much Choice Matters has done to advance abortion rights — including US Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, NYS Attorney General Tish James, NYS Lt….
Tennessee, Texas, Oklahoma, and Idaho begin enforcing near-total abortion bans today and North Dakota is set to do so tomorrow. As of tomorrow, 12 states will have outlawed abortion in…
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…
**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,…
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,…
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…
LGBTQ+ People are effected by the overturning of Roe v. Wade too!
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. …