Sentences with phrase «controversial abortion plank»

Cuomo also used the act as a justification last year for his creation of the Women's Equality Party, a new political entity he said could convince recalcitrant Republican lawmakers to enact the controversial abortion plank of the equality agenda, if only the party received enough votes on its line.

Senate Republicans on Thursday blasted Assembly Democrats for failing to take action on any of the nine non-controversial elements of the Women's Equality Agenda, which was rolled out last year by Gov. Andrew Cuomo but remains stymied by a debate over a controversial abortion plank.

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.

As Nick noted earlier this week, these claims aren't entirely accurate, since the Senate GOP has passed nine of the 10 WEA provisions, refusing only to put the controversial abortion plank onto the floor for a vote — either as a stand - alone bill or as part of the act as a whole.

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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.

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 governor in late May set a benchmark for his support of the alliance between Republicans and the five - member Independent Democratic Conference, saying he wanted action on the Dream Act (which failed in April), a broader system of public campaign finance (beyond the pilot program passed in the state budget) and his Women's Equality Act, which has been controversial because of a plank changing the state's abortion laws.

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.

Cuomo argued the party was necessary to show political leaders in the Legislature that they should pass the Women's Equality Agenda, a 10 - bill package of legislation that included a controversial plank codifying abortion in the state's health law.