The Pro-Life Feminist2

Thank you FCLNY Supporters for

Empowering Us to Accomplish Our Mission! 

We are here to Promote Pro-Life Feminism and the

Consistent Life Ethic - Loud and Clear in NY!

COMMUNITY ENCOUNTERS

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

MICHELE STERLACE, JD, LLM 

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

CAROL CROSSED

President

CECELIA HAYES, BFA

Vice President

JESSICA SHANAHAN, MS

Treasurer

CARRIE PERHAM, BS

Secretary

CAROLINE BENNETT, M.Ed

AMY CROSSED, MA

SARAH MULLEN, BA

CANDICE LEE RENALDO, AS

CLIANDA FLORENCE, MS

GRACE NIEBOER, MA


ADVISORY BOARD MEMBERS

KATHERYN HASSMAN, PhD

DR. ALISIA G. CHASE, PhD

MAURA DEWANDLER, MSN, APRN

IRENE DEMARCO, BA

KELLY VINCENT-BRUNACINI, MS

KIRSTYN SMITH, MAT

       

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Counter Protests, Women’s March, Rochester, NY, Washington, DC.

Organized and engaged in a peaceful disruptive counter protest to “Reproductive Rights” Women’s March, sponsored by Planned Parenthood. FCLNY banner featured at DC counter protest. 

US Supreme Court Rally, Washington, DC. Organized and engaged in demonstration, with a multitude of other pro-life feminists, regarding ‘abortion rights’ at oral argument on Dobbs vs. Jackson.

Every Black Life Matters, Stand Up Against Planned Parenthood Expansion, Rochester, NY. Participated in rally, along with BRAVE and members of the Frederick Douglass Foundation.

 

Black Lives Matter, Anti-Police Brutality Protest, Rochester, NY. Groups marching included, Free The People Roc, The Arc of Justice and the Community Justice Initiative. FCLNY engaged with FCLNY signs All Black Lives Matter.

 

Human Trafficking: Identifying, Recognizing, and Reporting. Virtual. Attended. Presented by the University of Southern Indiana Sexual Assault and Gender Violence Prevention Group (SAGVP) in collaboration with the Southwest Indiana Regional Coalition Against Trafficking (SIRCAT)

 

The Past & Future of Reproductive Choice, Wolf Humanities Center. Virtual. Attended.

 

NOW New York State Conference. Virtual. Attended.

STOP THE VIOLENCE!

REPEAL THE RHA!


Vigil of Remembrance For The 2,363, NY, NY. Participated. FCLNY Banner featured.

Share the Warmth, Healthy Mom’s Children’s Clothing Closet Drive, Rochester, NY. Promoted.

 

Let’s “D” Stress, You Are Not Alone, Teen Moms Workshop, Rochester NY. Promoted.


House of Mercy, Rochester, NY. Provided volunteer assistance. House of Mercy offers a myriad of services to the disadvantaged, including food, shelter, clothing, substance abuse treatment and drop-in emergency services.

 

The Margaret Home, Rochester, NY. Volunteer assistance.The Margaret Home offers comprehensive in house services to women facing unplanned pregnancies.

 

The Women’s Care Center, Rochester, NY. Volunteer assistance. The Women’s Care Centers provides free help and support to new moms and women in unexpected pregnancies.

 

Human Life Review, Great Defenders of Life Celebration, NY, NY. Sponsored and conducted outreach.

 

Alliance Defending Freedom and the Mississippi Attorney General’s Office, Appreciation Event, Dobbs vs. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, Washington, DC. Attended and conducted outreach.

 

Children Awaiting Parents (CAP), Rochester, NY. Sponsored and attended CAP's annual fundraiser, Heart & Harmony. CAP is a national nonprofit organization dedicated to finding adoptive families for foster care children, typically teenagers, and sibling groups who wish to stay together and/or those children with special needs.

SCHOLARLY EVENTS


FIGHT Village, Rochester NY. Engaged in panel discussions regarding gun violence.

The End of Executions Conference. Virtual. Sponsored and promoted. Moderated by Carol Crossed. Hosted by: Death Penalty Action, Indiana Abolition Coalition, Terre Haute Death Penalty Resistance and The Social Justice Workers.

The Rights of Women: Reclaiming a Lost Vision, NY, NY. Organized, co-hosted and participated in impactful panel discussion on the salient topics contained in this critically acclaimed book. Panelists included author Erika Bachiochi, Maria McFadden Maffucci and Michele Sterlace. Moderated by Kathryn Lopez. Sponsored by FCLNY, the Human Life Review and the National Review Institute. 

Cornellians for Life, Ask Anything: Abortion Edition. Pro-life students at Cornell University organized and hosted this virtual panel discussion, where Kristan Hawkins, Michele Sterlace and Dr, Steve Hammond presented and answered audience questions. 


St. Bernard’s Institute, Sex Trafficking, Female Poverty & Feminism. Presenters: Laura Lederer with Global Centurion and Michele Sterlace.

 An Unsafe Space: A Symposium on Contemporary Feminism. Episode I.

Virtual.

Organized, hosted and moderated virtual discussion between pro-life and pro-choice feminist scholars on Female Poverty, Abortion, Equality and Autonomy. 

An Unsafe Space: A Symposium on Contemporary Feminism. Episode II.

Virtual.

Organized, hosted and moderated virtual discussion between pro-life and pro-choice feminist scholars on Abortion and Bodily Integrity. 

Rehumanize International Conference. Virtual. Sponsored and presented. The Rehumanize Conference is an annual event dedicated to education, discourse, and action on a range of issues related to human rights.

 

Consistent Life Network Conference. Virtual. Sponsored. Carol Crossed, our own Board President and CLN founder, presented. The CLN is a network of organizations and individuals committed to the protection of life, which is threatened in today's world by war, abortion, poverty, racism, the death penalty and euthanasia. 

MEDIA OUTREACH

FCLNY ESSAY EXCLUSIVES

Adding Women to Draft Runs Counter to Principles of Peace

Democrat & Chronicle

 

Many Founding Mother's Were Against Abortion

Auburn Citizen


Women Deserve Full Information About Abortion Effects

Washington Examiner

Destroying the Hyde Amendment Could Spell Disaster For Women

USA Today Network


Bill Would Tip Scales Against Pregnancy Resource Centers

Buffalo News

 

Passing SUNY Abortion Bill Would Be A Mistake

Democrat & Chronicle

FCLNY MULTIMEDIA FEATURES

A Clash of Movements

Spectrum News

"Pro-choice is ultimately pro-violence because abortion is an act of violence.

It destroys a human life.”



Demonstrations: Women’s March

WHEC Channel 10


 

Discussing the Future of Abortion in America

WXXI Radio, NPR, Connections 

PRESS COVERAGE

SIGNAGE

Stop Calling Violence Feminism: Abortion Kills Human Beings

New York Times, Washington Post, ABC News, Fox News, Reuters, Business Insider



AMICUS BRIEF (DOBBS VS. JACKSON)

FCLNY LEAD ORGANIZATIONAL AMICI

 

Anti-Abortion Activists at Supreme Court Cite an Unlikely Authority for Overturning Roe v. Wade: Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Washington Post

'Relic of the past': Why Women Don't Need Roe v. Wade to Flourish Now

USA Today

Mississippi Argues that Abortions are no Longer Necessary Because Women can have Successful Careers Now

Fortune

 

ROE AND CASEY WERE GRIEVOUSLY WRONG AND SHOULD BE OVERRULED – COOPER ET AL

Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy

 

​A Split Dividing Anti-Abortion Feminists

Politico


Why Hundreds of Scientists are Weighing in on a High-Stakes US Abortion Case

Nature


Friends of the Court Part II

The Human Life Review

 

​We Read All the Amicus Briefs in Dobbs So You Don’t Have To

Scotus Blog

 

Some Other Noteworthy Amicus Briefs in Dobbs Abortion Case

National Review

 

​Dobbs: The Court’s Historic Moment (Part 2)

National Review

 

​Amicus Brief of 240 Women Scholars and Professionals et al.

Center for Arizona Policy

 

​Five Reasons Why the Supreme Court Should Overturn Roe v. Wade

Life News

 

​Overturn Roe v. Wade? Why It Might Happen This Time

CBN News

 

​Female Scholars to SCOTUS: Abortion Deserves No Credit for Women’s Success

Live Action

  

 

WOMEN’S ALLIANCE AGAINST VIOLENCE (WAAV)

FCLNY SERVES AS AN EDUCATIONAL ARM OF WAAV

Stay Tuned!


Victims Challenge New York’s Reproductive Health Act in Historic Lawsuit


National Public Radio (NPR): Federal Lawsuit Challenges New York's Abortion Law

WRVO, WBFOWSKG, WSHU

 

Landmark Lawsuit Challenges New York's Reproductive Health Act

Associated Press, Yahoo Finance, News 69 WFMZ

 

Why Andrew Cuomo Faces Lawsuit Over New York's Abortion Law

Newsweek

 

Lawsuit Alleges New York Abortion Policy Harms Victims of Domestic Violence

The National Review

 

‘Devastating’: Lawsuit Against New York Claims 2019 Abortion Bill Enables Domestic Violence

Daily Wire

 

Victims Of Domestic Violence Sue NY State, Say Pro-Abortion Law Not Constitutional

LifeSite News

 

Women File Lawsuit to Overturn Radical New York Law That Legalized Abortions Up to Birth

Life News


HOT TOPIC: Victims Challenge New York’s Reproductive Health Act in Historic Lawsuit (Thomas More Society)

The Human Life Review

 

Class Action Lawsuit Filed Against New York’s Governor Over Radical Abortion Bill

Live Action

 

Class Action Lawsuit Filed Against NY Governor, Other State Officials Over Reproductive Health Act

The New American


Lawsuit Says NY Abortion Law Makes Women More Vulnerable to Domestic Abuse - Here's Why

CBN News

 

Lawsuit Accuses NY Abortion Law Of Helping Domestic Abusers

Daily Caller

 

Gov. Cuomo faces Lawsuit Over New York’s Controversial Abortion Law

USA Herald

 

New York Sued Over ‘Dangerous Ambiguities’ In Liberal Abortion Law

The Christian Post

 

Suing NY Reproductive Heath (sic) Act

Relevant Radio

 

New York’s Controversial Reproductive Health Act

Today's Living Hope

 

Historic Lawsuit Challenging New York's Reproductive Health Act

Winds of Change, Episode #5578

 

GRASSROOTS EDUCATIONAL CAMPAIGNS

BRAVE (Brighton Residents Against Violence), Rochester, NY. Promoted and participated in grassroots outreach and education regarding the impacts of a proposed new, local Planned Parenthood. 

Billboards! Buffalo! Stop The Violence: Repeal the RHA Campaign Kick Off! 


PROJECTS THAT EMPOWER

Women’s Health and Pregnancy Resources in NY. FCLNY and Feminists for Non-Violent Choices (FFNVC) distributed copies of our Women’s Guide to Health Care. FCLNY completed a full update of its Pregnancy Resource Center Guide and disseminated these colorful, inspiring, informative booklets state-wide!

 

Human Trafficking and Domestic Violence Hot-Line Poster Campaign! FCLNY distributed trafficking and DV hotline posters to NY health care providers, in person, including Planned Parenthoods and other abortion facilities.


Sunday Salons. Manhattan, Buffalo, Rochester, Albany. Discussion topics included feminism, abortion, poverty, racism, capital punishment, war, military spending and sex trafficking. 


The Monarca Project, Rochester, NY. FCLNY, along with The Margaret Home and Angels of Mercy continued preparations for the launching of our peer support group for victims of trauma, including, sex trafficking, intimate partner violence and abortion.

 

Emergency Baby Showers! Buffalo and Rochester, NY. FCLNY raised up and delivered necessities for several mothers in need.

 

Bake Sale for Ultrasound Machines! Buffalo, NY. FCLNY partnered with several pro-life feminists and Life Church to participate in a bake sale, which raised the needed funds for an ultrasound machine for Pregnancy Resource Center in NY.  

LEGISLATIVE ADVOCACY

Limited Pregnancy Services Study. These bills are likely to adversely impact pro-life NYS Pregnancy Resource Centers because they do not provide or promote abortion services. Women facing unplanned pregnancies need life-affirming options! #A. 5499, #S. 470

 

​Medicaid Coverage for Childbirth. These bills require medicaid coverage for hospital stays 48/96 hours for moms and their newborn babies. #A. 3386, #S. 916

 

Physician Assisted Suicide. Proposed law allows medical doctors to prescribe lethal amounts of medication for the purpose of ending a patient's life. #A. 4321-A

 

REPEAL THE RHA, CHANGE.ORG. Started petition to repeal NY’s Reproductive Health Act. For more information and to participate:

Please sign here!

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Save Hyde! Protested at legislators’ district offices and participated in a pilgrimage to President Jimmy Carter’s home town, in Plains GA, to humbly ask for the preservation of the HYDE Amendment. 

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FUNDRAISERS & DONOR APPRECIATION!

We Climb! FCLNY hosted its 4th annual fundraising dinner, with the incredible LA State Senator Katrina R. Jackson as keynote. It was our best event ever! Standing room only!

We are so grateful to all of our FCLNY’s supporters!

This work is truly a team effort.

Click here to see full program booklet on our website.

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Annual Spring Picnic! We had a blast at our picnic this year. Our summer interns were so helpful and enthusiastic! Our speakers included the amazing Catherine Glen Foster, President and CEO of Americans United for Life, Terrisa Bukovinac, founder of PAAU (Progressive Anti-Abortion Uprising) as well as WAAV attorneys Civiletto and Collett, who provided an update on the status of the NY RHA lawsuit.

WE NEED YOU

FCLNY depends on broad public support to exist.

Thank you for supporting us.


FCLNY is one of over 200-member organizations of the Consistent Life Network.  

FCLNY is recognized as a 501(c)(3) public charity by the IRS. Gifts are tax deductible to the fullest extent allowable by law. Upon request, a copy of the latest annual report can be obtained by FCLNY or from the Office of the Attorney General by writing to the Charities Bureau at 28 Liberty St., 15th Floor, NY, NY 10005 

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