Sentences with phrase «abortion rights plank»

Yes, they would have a 32 - member majority, but at least two members — Simcha Felder and Ruben Diaz Sr. — could be counted on to vote «no» on public campaign financing and the full Women's Equality Act, which contains an abortion rights plank.

Grisanti, like his GOP colleagues, opposes the abortion rights plank of Gov. Andrew Cuomo's Women's Equality Act, but voted «yes» on the nine remaining planks when they were brought to the floor as stand alone bills.

In a mailer sent out in the 41st SD, where Dutchess County Legislator Sue Serino is facing off against Democratic freshman Sen. Terry Gipson, the GOP maintains Gipson has «turned his back on Hudson Valley women» by voting «yes» in favor of the full 10 - point act that included the controversial abortion rights plank, which the Republicans maintain allows non-doctors to perform abortions and threatens women's health.

This sounds a lot like Cuomo's explanation during the last legislative session on why he wasn't able to land a deal on all 10 points of his Women's Equality Agenda — including the abortion rights plank, which the Senate Republicans staunchly refused to allow onto the floor for a vote.

Democrats — including Cuomo — hammered Republicans for refusing to pass the governor's full 10 - point Women's Equality Act due to the presence of a controversial abortion rights plank, and Cuomo even created a new party (the Women's Equality Party) to woo this key voting bloc.

Not exact matches

Other issues that will receive the same treatment include legislation that would allow NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio to raise income taxes on the rich to fund pre-K, the public campaign finance bill and Gov. Andrew Cuomo's Women's Equality Act (assuming that it includes the abortion - rights plank, which is the piece the right finds most offensive).

Assemblywoman Shelley Mayer, a Yonkers Democrat, said during a CapTon interview that Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who has been outspoken in his support of abortion rights, should pressure the Senate Republicans to codify Roe v. Wade in state law by including the tenth plank of his erstwhile Women's Equality Act — the only plank the GOP - controlled Senate has refused to pass — in this year's budget.

The Senate, which is currently controlled by Republicans and a group of breakaway Democrats, was responsible last year for blocking the final plank in the Women's Equality Act proposed by Mr. Cuomo, which would have codified in state law the right to abortion as established by Roe v. Wade.

Democrats have tried to paint the G.O.P. as anti-women, highlighting party planks against abortion rights.

In the ad, Murphy's daughter points to her dad's vote for the package of bills dubbed the Women's Equality Act, an omnibus that had been introduced by Gov. Andrew Cuomo and had stalled in the GOP - led Senate over a plank aimed at enhancing abortion rights in the state.

However, he has said he opposes the abortion - rights plank in Cuomo's 10 - point Women's Equality Act, which Cahill also does not support.

Issues over women's rights and reproductive health are at the forefront of this political campaign season in state legislative races as Gov. Andrew Cuomo makes a statewide call for the passage of the 10 - point women's agenda and with it Republican opposition to a plank aimed at strengthening abortion rights.

The Democrats have been hammering Martins over his opposition to the 10 - point Women's Equality Act due to the abortion - rights plank that the GOP has refused to let come to the floor for a vote.

During our conversation, Amedore emphatically declared himself to be «pro-life,» and said he could not vote for the Women's Equality Act if it contained the abortion - rights plank.

The Senate earlier this year took up the agenda as separate items, save for the plank aimed at strengthening abortion rights through the codification of Roe v. Wade.

Martins has been under attack from his Democratic opponent, Adam Haber, for the Senate GOP's refusal to allow Gov. Andrew Cuomo's full 10 - point Women's Equality Act to come to the floor for a vote as a result of opposition to the abortion - rights plank.

The abortion provision has proposed by Cuomo was part of a larger 10 - point women's agenda the governor pushed in 2014, only to have the various planks broken up from the omnibus bill and approved in piecemeal fashion, save for the measure to bolster reproductive rights.

The plan also created tension among some women's rights groups that didn't want other pieces of legislation to be held hostage because of the abortion plank.

But none of those things — particularly not public financing and the full WEA (with the controversial abortion - rights plank)-- are likely to fly with the Republicans in control of the Senate, giving Cuomo cover if he fails to deliver on his promises.

Speaking at Thursday's SUNY board meeting, Cuomo referenced his past efforts to advance women's rights in New York: the Women's Equality Act, a 10 - point bill that has failed to pass the Legislature for two sessions because of a controversial abortion plank.

Sen. Greg Ball, R - Putnam County, blamed «an extreme leftist movement» for insisting on the abortion plank, which Republicans view as an expansion of existing abortion rights.

That legislation, and the Republicans» failure to pass it, played a pivotal role in Cuomo's re-election campaign last year, as he used G.O.P. gubernatorial candidate Rob Astorino's opposition to the abortion plank as a way to highlight his own support for women's rights.