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Statement by Chiaroscuro PAC Spokesman Greg Pfundstein on

"Women's Equality Express" Bus


 

October 4, 2014


 

"If Governor Cuomo, Lt. Governor candidate Kathy Hochul, and others were serious about women's equality, they would have supported passing nine of the 10 bills in the so-called Women's Equality Act.  Instead, they callously exploited important issues like pay equity and sex trafficking as as a smokescreen for the real purpose of the WEA: creating a poison pill omnibus bill as a political cudgel to use against Republicans whom they know cannot morally support the 10th bill -- the late term abortion expansion bill.


 

"The 10th bill is unacceptable because it would allow non-doctors to perform abortions in New York -- poor, mostly minority women would be stuck with non-doctors -- and it would allow virtually unrestricted abortions right up until birth.


 

"In a poll released last year, 74% of New Yorkers, including pro-choice women, opposed abortion up until the ninth month, and 80% opposed non-doctors performing abortions in New York. Governor Cuomo and Senate Democrats are cynically trying to fool women into believing that this new party line stands for Women's Equality.  It does not. What it stands for is crass politics, less safe abortions for poor New Yorkers, and abortions being performed through the ninth month of pregnancy.


 

"We continue to applaud Republicans and principled Democrats for opposing this barbarous measure."   


 

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