December 3, 2019
Editor and President of the Human Life Review and Foundation, Maria McFadden Maffucci, released the following statement regarding recent legislative and judicial actions impacting pro-life New Yorkers:

“This past Thursday, Americans gave thanks for the freedoms upon which this nation was founded, prime among them freedom to live by our religious beliefs and freedom to speak freely. In a chilling rejection of these freedoms, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo signed into law during the month of November a bill dubbed the “ the Boss Bill ” (Senate Bill 660) which aims to suppress the free speech and religious convictions of non-profit and religious organizations. Specifically, the new law implemented in the State of New York makes it illegal for employers to require their employees to uphold the moral values of the organization , particularly on issues related to the sanctity of life. Can you imagine? A pro-life organization forced to hire an abortion advocate? This is insanity. Thankfully, the heroic lawyers at Alliance Defending Freedom have filed a lawsuit in federal court on behalf of national and New York-based prolife ministries to reverse Governor Cuomo’s discriminatory law. However, the danger is real. This bill was one of a trio introduced last January 22, on the anniversary of Roe v. Wade , to promote abortion—along with the Reproductive Health Act and the Comprehensive Contraception Coverage Act (which requires health insurers to provide free contraceptives, including abortifacients). New York is now a solidly Democrat-controlled state, and Governor Cuomo, in coordination with other Democrat public officials, is using the legislative and judicial process to target pro-lifers.
In an dreadful example, New York doctors and nurses may be forced at some point to perform abortions or lose their employment. In early November, two federal judges struck down the Trump Administration’s efforts to protect all American medical professionals from being forced to participate in the killing of unborn children—as well as assisted suicide, sterilization, etc., procedures medical professionals might find morally objectionable. On May 2nd, the Department of Health and Human Services issued a final new rule that would enforce existing 25 provisions—already in federal statute—that protect the moral conscience rights of medical professionals. However, as soon as HHS released their draft rules, abortion advocates, led by New York Attorney General Leticia James , launched a legal fight against the HHS regulations--which led to the recent November court decisions.
In a statement praising those decisions, Ms. James demonized the religious and moral objections of countless medical professionals who believe it would be immoral to perform procedures like abortion when she characterized their moral objections as unlawful denial of “ necessary health care services .” Ms. James is in lockstep with the abortion industry which is working to force a cultural paradigm shift in society to view that aborting an unborn child is no different than any other standard medical procedure. There is no greater evidence of this marketing strategy than the “ shout your abortion ” campaign.
All Americans should realize before it is too late that the sequence of events taking place in New York against pro-life citizens is the template that the abortion industry seeks to implement throughout the rest of the nation.
The Human Life Review will continue to raise public awareness about the cultural ramifications of these alarming actions.”


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