![]() Choice Matters needs you to help us keep New York moving in the right direction. The election may be over but the battle is not. And dozens of statehouses across the country remain poised to pass anti-woman legislation. We were told we didn’t stand a chance, but guess what – we won! As Latimer’s campaign manager told me, “We couldn’t have done it without you!â€īut, despite our wins, the majority of the representatives in the United States Congress and in the New York State Senate are anti-choice. Ninety-one percent of the candidates WCLA – Choice Matters endorsed, won!Ĭhoice Matters is particularly proud of our victories in two races: the 37th NYS Senate District where George Latimer was victorious, despite being outspent by historic proportions in a state senate race and in the 93rd NYS Assembly District where David Buchwald defeated an anti-choice incumbent. We elected our endorsed candidates at all levels of government, sending a record number of pro-choice women to Washington. Our support for pro-choice candidates resulted in unprecedented victories. On Tuesday, November 6th, we used our ballots to respond. history that determined whether access to contraception would be significantly increased or dramatically decreased. This was the first presidential election in U.S. Connecticut decision (1965), in which the Supreme Court ruled that states cannot deny married couples* access to contraception, have we been subject to such an invasion of our “right to privacy”, a right the High Court found within the U.S. Unbelievably, we are once again negotiating the terms by which women are allowed access to contraceptives, not to mention abortion. For the past decade, the electorate has been confronted by a real war on women, one that has truly impacted our economic independence and our rights. ![]() Women’s rights were front and center in our minds. Why, after electing a pro-choice president to a second term, increasing the number of pro-choice elected officials in Congress and in Albany, and electing an historic number of pro-choice women to office in Washington, does it still feel like 1965?ĭespite predictions to the contrary, the economy was not the only issue considered by voters on Election Day. ![]()
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