For Immediate Release: April 9, 2014 Contact: James R. Harden, M.Div. President/CEO, CompassCare (585) 820-7229 | jim.harden@compasscare.info www.compasscare.info | facebook.com/compasscarecommunity | Twitter @compasscare New York State Abortion Rate Lowest Since Legalization in 1970 Rochester, NY—On April 7 New York State published its Vital Statistics for 2012. The data reveals that the number of abortions statewide
Governor Andrew Cuomo, during a recent radio interview remarked that pro-lifers are extreme conservatives who “have no place in New York” have no place in representative government. Later New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio backed Cuomo’s statements “100%.” Spread the message on social media that you are a pro-life New Yorker. Join the overwhelming
A good friend of ours read Cuomo’s Women’s Equality Act, specifically the hotly contested Part J abortion expansion aspect. He noticed the benign sounding language as well as its brevity compared to its longer more obviously heinous predecessor known as the Reproductive Health Act to which Cuomo referred vowing to pass it in his State
Good news! Your grassroots passion decrying a radical abortion agenda holding hostage true women’s equality, has made a difference! But we aren’t out of the woods yet. On Tuesday, June 4th, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo introduced the details of his abortion expansion bill deceivingly entitled the, “Women’s Equality Act.” Public outcry and bi-partisan voter
According to the CDC, domestic violence is the second-leading cause of maternal death. Governor Cuomo’s Abortion Expansion Bill (the reproductive health act) will lower penalties for violence against pregnant women. Is the Governor really pro-woman? On Dec. 18, 2012 in Oklahoma City paramedics Joanna and Timothy Hickerson, a husband and wife team for the Emergency
CompassCare and other ethical pregnancy resource centers in NY are being jeopardized by radical legislation that the super majority of New Yorker’s reject—Cuomo’s Reproductive Health Act. By making abortion a fundamental right, physicians and organizations like medical pregnancy resource centers are put in danger of discrimination lawsuits. There is some limited protection in the RHA
89% of New York voters reject the idea of abortion in the last 3 months of pregnancy. Gov. Cuomo’s radical abortion expansion bill paves the way for late term abortions and a procedure known as partial birth abortion. The proposed legislation allows abortion “at any time” for the “life and health” of the mother. “Health”
A recent McLaughlin poll sponsored by the Chiroscuro Foundation reveals that most New York voters are opposed to the fundamental principles of Cuomo’s abortion expansion agenda. A vast majority of New Yorkers believe (78.8%), when they are informed of the number of abortions in New York, believe there is already sufficient access to abortion in
Doctors say legislating abortion as a fundamental human right only disrespects the medical profession and destroys the sacred trust a doctor has with his/her patient. Scores of medical clinicians are voicing their official protest here.
It appears that New York government has a case of political schizophrenia. Is New York Governor Andrew Cuomo’s radical abortion agenda (See RHA) merely about updating current New York law to match the Federal statute as Senator Stewart-Cousins insists or is it something else? This is what Senator Andrea Stewart-Cousins said about it in a
