Sentences with phrase «abortion rights point»

Hawkins said that if the Governor was serious about the 10 - point Women's Equality Agenda he announced 18 months ago in his 2013 State of the State address, he would have backed bipartisan efforts to vote on the nine parts that have overwhelming majority support in both houses and then focus on flipping the Senate to Democratic hands to get the tenth abortion rights point adopted.

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The guidelines note that «abortion has once again become a focal point of human rights efforts.»

And, now that I've said that, I will point out that this has absolutely nothing to do with the abortion question, and is merely a de-railment of the discussion of a woman's right to decide what takes place in her body.

The Supreme Court's 1973 decision in Roe v. Wade, which said women have a constitutional right to an abortion, was a turning point.

Because it has everything to do with those who support abortion from the position of a «woman's right to choose» and not from a scientific point.

What especially struck me was that Richard, by then a controversial figure who had criticized the World Council of Churches and who had denounced the abortion right created by Roe v. Wade, loved debate and encouraged thinkers with diverse points of view to gather together.

So lets say, for theoretical purposes, that an abortion was conducted right at that point (this is a theoretical moral argument only).

The real debate is not should abortion be allowed, it should only be at what point during pregnancy should we consider the embryo human and thus extending it human rights.

I am not arguing the point of right or wrong about abortion.

You are quite right in pointing out that I not only make a strong case against gay marriage and against abortion but also carefully delineate the arguments from the other side.

The legendary court case says that women will be allowed the right to an abortion as long as the fetus is not past the point of viability, where it could possibly survive outside of the mother's womb.

The IDC has pointed out, too, that its members are supportive of abortion rights while the mainline Democrats have at least one member staunchly opposed, Sen. Ruben Diaz, a Bronx lawmaker running for city Council.

Astorino says he supports nine of the ten points in the «Women's Equality Plan», objecting to the codification of abortion rights.

In the statement, Smikle pointed reiterated issues Republicans should tackle, including equal pay, Title IX protections for sexual assault on college campuses and abortion rights.

Women's groups rallied outside the New York state Senate chamber, demanding a vote on Gov. Andrew Cuomo's 10 - point women's equality act — that includes an abortion rights provision.

He lit into Paladino, again calling him an «extremist» and noting his against abortion rights, wants to take people on welfare «and put them in work camps in retro - fitted prisons... that's not this state, and I'm going to be pointed that out all across this state.»

In the ad, Haber also reiterated his support for abortions rights and criticized Martins for blocking support for the 10 - point Women's Equality Act, a package of bills that failed to clear the Senate earlier this year.

But rather than pointing to state issues — like abortion rights or campaign finance — that Democrats typically highlight when arguing why Republican control of the chamber is bad, the governor kept his focus on the GOP in Washington.

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.

Cuomo campaign heavily on the passage of the full, 10 - point Women's Equality Act, which includes a provision aimed at strengthening abortion rights through a codification of Roe v. Wade.

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.

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.

The group — which is one of the point organizations hoping to drive turn out for the Women's Equality Party this November — cited Schneiderman's «lifelong commitment» to abortion rights.

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.

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.

A trio of Democratic candidates in the Hudson Valley held a rally over the weekend with abortion - rights advocates to boost the 10 - point women's agenda in Albany.

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.

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.

The ad in question slams Martins for opposing the full 10 - point Women's Equality Act, saying he opposes everything from abortion rights to pregnancy employment discrimination protections and pay equity.

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.

What he hasn't given up are his conservative positions — particularly when it comes to abortion rights, which is shaping up to be a big sticking point in this race.

Throughout the 2014 campaign, the Senate Democrats have been using women's issues — particularly abortion rights — as a wedge issue, repeatedly slamming incumbent Senate Republicans and their first - time candidates alike for opposing the governor's full 10 - point Women's Equality Act.

Cuomo formed the ballot line last year as a way of gaining support from women voters and drawing attention to a 10 - point package of measures aimed at pay equity, human trafficking and strengthening abortion rights.

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.

Republican senators are steadfast in their opposition to one of the measures in the 10 - point Women's Equality Agenda: codifying abortion rights in Roe versus Wade.

Kearns, though, points out that while Cichon accepted the nomination of the Women's Equality Party that supports abortion rights, he participated in a 2014 pro-life radio show sponsored by the Catholic Diocese of Buffalo.

He also asserted that the Women's Equality Party is only an effort to pass the 10 - point Women's Equality Agenda, a bundle of anti-harassment and anti-discrimination statutes that includes the right to an abortion — a sticking point for Senate Republicans — which the governor argued would be a feminist triumph.

But Stewart - Cousins said the bill introduced this week by Katz is an example of how abortion rights are under fire not just nationally, but in New York as well (Planned Parenthood supporters, too, have pointed out the organization provides a range of health services to women).

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.

For the past two years, Cuomo has tried and failed to get a 10 - point Women's Equality Act approved in the state legislature, due to opposition from Republicans, who co-lead the Senate, over an abortion rights provision.

Speaking on the Brian Lehrer Show, Ms. Quinn strongly denied that the Women's Equality Party was about anything other than advancing the Women's Equality Agenda, a 10 - point plan that would codify a number of anti-discrimination statutes as well as the legal right to an abortion.

The agenda's «10th point,» which «codifies» New York law according to the federal Roe vs. Wade decision and expands abortion rights, has always fallen short in the GOP Senate.

But it's provision number 10 in the 10 point plan that's garnered most of the attention - a measure to write into New York State law the abortion rights protections spelled out in the 1973 Supreme Court decision Roe v Wade.

Women's groups rallied outside the New York State Senate chamber Thursday, demanding a vote on Governor Cuomo's 10 - point women's equality act that includes an abortion rights provision.

But neither Harary nor Malpass would endorse all 10 points of Cuomo's Women's Equality Agenda, the ostensible reason for the party's existence — an agenda that would codify the right to obtain an abortion, a host of anti-housing discrimination statutes and the right of attorneys to recover fees in employment, credit and lending cases.

Woerner has campaigned on women's equality, and supports the passage of Governor Cuomo's 10 - point Women's Equality Agenda, which includes provisions for equal pay and abortion rights.

Q: The battle over «the right to life,» particularly concerning abortion, has become one of the key platforms of the conservative right, but you point out that this was not always the partisan issue that it is today.

Rae pointed out, «A lot of Mr. Harper's dissenters are coming at him from the left as well as from the right,» especially on the issue of abortion.