We Must Protect Our Rights and Westchester by Electing Strong, Independent Leaders! Meet Westchester's Pro-Choice Male Brigade!! --DISTRICT #2 Bedford, Lewisboro, Mt. Kisco, North Salem, Pound Ridge & part of Somers. Peter Harckham was first elected to the County Legislature in 2007 and has served…
Right to Life County Executive Cuts Funding for Contraception for Teens, Well-Baby Care and Sex Education This is outrageous! Less than three months after the Department of Health and Human Services announced that contraception is so important that it is being designated preventive care, in…
Meet The Targeted Good Guys Remember it was the incumbent good guys who delivered a decrease of 2.2% tax levy and $30 million in spending cuts, all while protecting child care, forensics labs, shelters, emergency services and other vital county programs. (NOT Astorino!) CLD #1…
ALERT! THIS TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 13th IS PRIMARY DAY!! If you are enrolled in the Independence Party & live in Westchester Legislative Districts 3, 4, or 7 Come Out and Vote for: John Nonna (CLD 3), Michael Kaplowitz (CLD 4) and Judy Myers (CLD 7)!!! The…
According to a new Guttmacher Report, in the last six months—from the beginning of January through the end of June—states across the country have enacted a record breaking 162 new laws or changes to current law that impact our reproductive health care and rights. Of…
Coming of age when Betty Ford and her husband found themselves accidental occupants of the White House, all I knew of Betty Ford was that she had big hair, and, subsequently, breast cancer and addiction issues. Now I say, “What an amazing role model for…
On Wednesday, a bill—the Ohio Prevention First Act—which focuses on reducing unintended pregnancies through different steps including education and requiring Emergency Contraception to be available to rape victims, was introduced. The sponsors of the Ohio Prevention First Act are two State Democratic representatives, Rep. Nickie…
From one of the most important organizations in the nation, National Network of Abortion Funds, written by Stephanie Poggi. Stephanie Poggi provides a clear, historically accurate account of the Obama Administration's failure to advocate for women's reproductive rights. "If recent statements are any indication, the…
In response to Westchester Magazine's June article claiming Hayworth is pro-choice (click here to read) Nan Hayworth is not pro-choice. Prior to her election, she expressed support for restricting Choice, and support for the Stupak Amendment. After her election she has voted against reproductive rights…
The Sequence of Events **Tuesday, May 10th, George Oros, who is County Executive (CE) Rob Astorino’s Chief of Staff, and the CE’s Liaison to the Board of Legislators (BOL) and a former County Legislator himself, watched a live in-house broadcast of a BOL Committee on…
