Candidates' OTC Birth Control Plans are a Raw Deal This election season, many candidates, particularly Republicans, from Virginia to Colorado, are trying to run from their war on women voting records by coming out in support of over-the-counter (OTC) birth control. Make no mistake, they are targeting…
New York is the first state in the nation to take action in response to the U. S. Supreme Court’s divisive Hobby Lobby decision. Today, Attorney General Eric Schneiderman announced that he together with State Senate Democratic Conference Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins and Assemblywoman Shelley Mayer…
On May 23rd, Elliot Rodger murdered six people and wounded 13 more, at random, in Isla Vista, near the University of California Santa Barbara. The supposed reason: Women. In a 135-plus page, misogynist, autobiographical manifesto and multiple YouTube videos, he blamed all women and their…
The Republicans' top two candidates, for governor and attorney general, are anti-choice candidates who have shown true disdain for the well-being of New York women. No longer is the standard bearer for the Republican Party pro-choice governor Nelson Rockefeller, who signed New York's abortion-rights bill…
Please read our op-ed that appeared in the Journal News today. It takes a hard look at New York's new Republican Party and its views on women. Sadly, there seem to be no Nelson Rockefellers. Governor Nelson Rockefeller signed New York State's abortion rights bill…
Sorry, Mitt, Corporations are NOT People! Last week, the Supreme Court heard Sebelius v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc. This case pits corporations against women’s health care. â–ªThe Affordable Care Act requires health insurance plans to cover contraceptives without additional cost-sharing; and â–ªHobby Lobby, Inc. (HL)…
A few simple words from Astorino about his family speak volumes on his views on women. Astorino has called Albany a "cesspool of corruption" “where he'd never allow his two daughters to work.†(Click here to read Newsday, 3/7/2014) What about his son? Astorino has…
The end of abortion rights in New York State is coming, and not with a bang but with a whimper. Its demise is already in full swing. The cause is the election of politicians like Jeff Klein and Michael Kaplowitz who claimed to be pro-choice advocates…
I didn't know who to vote for... so I didn't vote. I have heard these words repeated over and over again since the November 5th Election. Why? Because the over 85,000 voters in our database who have relied on finding the bright yellow ProChoice Voting…
The New York State Board of Elections issued an opinion prohibiting 501(c)(4) organizations, such as WCLA - Choice Matters, from “endorsing†or saying we “support†a candidate. To comply, our endorsements will now be made by WCLA PAC. WCLA PAC will make its endorsements based…