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Westchester Coalition for Legal Abortion-PAC

2003

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VOTING GUIDE

VOTE NOV. 4, 2003

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2003 Voting Guide

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WCLA Endorsement Policy, 2003

WCLA’s endorsements are determined case by case. To be considered for endorsement, candidatesmust return WCLA’s questionnaire and participate in an interview if requested by WCLA.

Incumbents shall be endorsed over pro-choice challengers if they have consistent voting records andhave established a reputation for strong leadership and extra effort in advancing access to abortion andcontraception. Non-incumbents will be endorsed if they have demonstrated leadership in the communityon the issue.

To be considered for endorsement, candidates must unequivocally support:• access to abortion and contraception for all women, unimpeded by laws, restrictions, or regulations;• strict confidentiality for all reproductive health care;• coverage by public and private insurance of abortion and contraception.

Judicial candidates: To be eligible for endorsement, judicial candidates must participate in an interview ifrequested by WCLA, and neither seek nor accept the Right to Life Party nomination.

Parties:R: RepublicanD: DemocratI : Independence

C: ConservativeW: Working Families

Key to ratings:ENDORSEDPRO-CHOICE, NOT ENDORSEDMixedAnti-choice*Incumbent**Former RTL

• District 10Tuckahoe and parts of New Rochelle andEastchester

VITO PINTO *(D, I, W)

• District 11Pelham, Pelham Manor and parts of NewRochelle

JAMES MAISANO *(R, I, C, W)JACK SCARANGELLA (D)

• District 12Ardsley, Dobbs Ferry, Hastings, Irvington andparts of Greenburgh

THOMAS ABINANTI *(R, D, I, W)

• District 13Parts of Mt. Vernon

Woodrow Peeples (R, C)CLINTON YOUNG, JR. *(D, I)

• District 14Parts of Yonkers and Mt. Vernon

BERNICE SPRECKMAN *(R,I,C,W)Eileen Justino (D)

• District 15Bronxville and parts of Yonkers and EastchesterLouis Mosiello *(R, I, C, W)HAL GREENWALD (D)

• District 16Parts of Yonkers

Jeanne Vergari Martinelli (R, C)ANDREA STEWART-COUSINS *(D,I,W)

• District 17Parts of Yonkers

MARIA CHUILLI (R, C)Jose Alvarado *(D, I, W)

• District 3North Castle, Pleasantville, and parts of Harrison,Mt. Pleasant and Briarcliff Manor

Robert Astorino (R, I, C)JOHN NONNA (D, W)

• District 4New Castle and parts of Yorktown, and Somers

Mark Fang (R, I, C)MICHAEL KAPLOWITZ *(D, I, W)

• District 5Scarsdale, parts of White Plains

Frank Cantatore (R, I, C)WILLIAM RYAN *(D, W)

• District 6Rye Brook, Port Chester and parts of Harrisonand Rye Town

Michael LaDore (R, C)MARTIN ROGOWSKY *(D, I, W)

• District 7Rye City, Mamaroneck Town, Larchmont, andparts of Village of Mamaroneck, New Rochelleand Rye Town

Virginia Waters (R)GEORGE LATIMER *(D, I, W)

• District 8Elmsford. Sleepy Hollow, Tarrytown and parts ofWhite Plains, Greenburgh and Mt. Pleasant

LOIS BRONZ *(D, I, W)

• District 9Croton, Town and Village of Ossining, parts ofBriarcliff Manor and Cortlandt

RICHARD WISHNIE *(D, I, W)

SUPREME COURT JUSTICE

• 9th Judicial DistrictWestchester, Rockland, Putnam, Dutchess andOrange Counties (vote for 3)[list not final at press time]

COLEEN DUFFY (D)JO ANN FRIIA (D, I, W)DEBRA KIEDAISCH (D)LAWRENCE HOROWITZ (R,I,C)Margaret Garvey** (R, C)Christine Sproat (R, I, C)

COUNTY COURT(Vote for 3)

SUSAN CACACE (D, I, C)ROBERT DIBELLA (D, W)Joseph Alessandro (R, D, C)Rory Bellantoni (R, I, W)Robert Neary (R, I, C)JOHN O. NOEL (W)

FAMILY COURT

ANNETTE GUARINO (R, C)KATHIE DAVIDSON (D, I, W)

WESTCHESTER COUNTYLEGISLATOR

• District 1Peekskill, Buchanan, parts of Yorktown and Cortlandt

George Oros *(R, I, C)

• District 2Mt. Kisco, Beford, North Salem, Lewisboro, PoundRidge and part of Somers

URSULA LAMOTTE *(R, I, C)DAVID MENKEN (D, W)

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WCLA and WCLA-PAC

Vol. 32, No. 3 Autumn, 2003

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It is a Westchester County Issue!

See Vote on page 10

Over the years, the Westchester political communityhas come to see WCLA and pro-choice voters as aforce with which to be reckoned.They know that

WCLA and WCLA-PAC can accomplish a massive get-out-the-vote effort; last year WCLA-PAC made over 80,000 callsin support of Alan Hevesi, who won the NYS Comptrollerrace by a 3% margin. Choice was the deciding issue. If candidates for whom WCLA makes a major effort aredefeated, our side will lose the political strength we havegained, along with legislative support. It is critical, therefore,to keep the upper hand at the voting booths. A large turnoutof our side is essential. Remember, every election has a major impact on ourcollective and individual lives.

Reproductive Rights: A County Issue? The county is the primary health services provider inWestchester. WCLA wants a county government thatunderstands that reproductive health care is a powerful issuewithin the health services departments. WCLA works to electcounty officials who are prepared to protect rights and accessfor all. Budget issues: The departments that relate to women andfamilies comprise a large portion of the county budget. County Medical Center: The County Board of Legislators(CBL) confirms appointments to the hospital board and

The election forWestchester County

legislator for District 16presents an absolutely clearchoice for pro-choice voters.Andrea Stewart-Cousins hasan unequivocal recordsupporting a woman’s rightto choose. Stuart-Cousinsknows the issues, and hasalways been and will con-tinue to be a strong propo-nent of reproductive freedom. (One cannot say the sameabout her opponent!) Since winning the seat in her very first bid for publicoffice in 1995, Democratic County Legislator Stewart-Cousins has been a coalition builder in her work to improvethe lives of Westchester’s women and children. She hasworked tirelessly to keep women’s issues at the forefront ofthe agenda for the County Board of Legislators. When Stewart-Cousins was Chair of the Health Commit-tee, she was instrumental in bringing the Sexual AssaultNurse Examiner (SANE) program to Yonkers as a pilotproject. SANE helps victims of sexual abuse by providingexpert services 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 daysa year. It was such a success that SANE has now become anational program.

In 1997, as a county legislatorhopeful, Michael Kaplowitz

said, “Generally, I seek consen-sus and compromise amongdifferent interests—that’s mystyle. However, there are a fewexceptions, and a woman’s rightto choose is definitely one ofthese. I strongly believe that thisis not an area in which legisla-tors should become involved.”Kaplowitz has stayed true to his word. WCLA urges the voters of District 4 to reelect MichaelKaplowitz. In contrast to his opponent, Kaplowitz is anunwavering friend of the pro-choice community. He hasdistinguished himself in his support for the WestchesterCounty Human Rights Commission and the DomesticPartners Registry. In 1997, Kaplowitz won election by only 37 votes. Thisyear, in his fourth bid for reelection, Kaplowitz is again beingtargeted. He is facing the same anti-choice opponent as in2001; but this time his opponent has upped the anti. He hasraised a substantial campaign war chest. His opponent is notonly wrong on choice but wrong on many of the socialissues important to Westchester residents. It is imperative that WCLA’s voters take this challengeseriously. As we saw in 1997, one vote can decide thewinner in this district for the next two years. On November4th,, vote choice, vote Kaplowitz!

Stewart-CousinsA Leader

KaplowitzYes

See District 16 on page 5

Westchester Coalition for Legal Abortion WCLA-PAC Autumn 20032

WCLA-PAC237 Mamaroneck Avenue, White Plains, NY 10605

Treasurer: Judith Lerman

by Catherine Lederer-PlaskettPresident/Chair of the Board

ASpecialDay

Sunday, September 21st wasan amazing day. It was

WCLA’s first 4-Choice Awards— a formal occasion at whichwe expressed our gratitude to some of the manypeople who have volunteered their time, funds orefforts to choice, without asking for anything in return.These are truly WCLA’s unsung heroes, those who havemade our last 31 years possible. On this premier occasion, we honored William (Bill)Gips, Lawrence (Larry) Gralla, Dolly Maass, JosephineSpano and Clare Stuart. Their friends and ours gatheredto break some bread, drink a little wine, laugh, andsalute these five individuals. This inaugural event proved to be particularlypoignant. Bill Gips’ health had been failing but, as hiswife said, he was determined to attend the brunch.With the support of his phenomenal family, he arrivedby ambulette. In illness or in health, Bill was always aninspiration. Bill had been an escort at abortion clinics, aspy at Operation Rescue meetings, and a committedvolunteer at our office and that of Planned Parenthood.No job was ever too small or too boring; Bill did every-thing that was asked of him. Bill passed away on September 23nd, less than 48hours after the 4-Choice Awards, just as his wife hadpredicted. As I sat in Larchmont Temple attending Bill’s funeral,

I found myself wondering, “What now? Who followsin the footsteps of Bill Gips, Larry Gralla, Dolly Maass,Josephine Spano and Clare Stuart? Where is the nextgeneration of volunteers and supporters? Where arethe people my age and younger who understand thatwithout grassroots labor and financial support thebattle cannot be waged, much less won?” Every day, to the deafening applause of right-wingextremists, the Bush administration is gnawing away atour right to choose. This is not paranoia; this is fact. Kate Michelman, president of NARAL Pro-ChoiceAmerica, said, as she announced her retirement, tocommence on April 30, 2004, “Women face as grave athreat as ever to their Constitutional right to personalprivacy and to a choice.” The New York Times, 9/29/03, reported that onOct. 4th the campaign to reelect Bush would bringtogether 500 volunteers in Atlanta to train them in howto organize precincts, canvass voters and get out thevote. Similar events are scheduled to take place aroundthe country until virtually every precinct around thenation has Bush organizers. They are also targeting the4 million evangelical Christians who supposedly did notvote in 2000. A true grassroots effort that will pen-etrate precincts and neighborhoods across the countryis how it is described, with all the money needed to doit. The Bush campaign’s fundraising target is $170million; they already have $80 million. (If all that doesn’t make you weak in the knees, andslightly nauseous, nothing will.) Actually all that stands between them and thedestruction of all that we hold constitutionally dear —the right to privacy, the right to vote, the right tochoose, just to name a few—is us. But, as the sayinggoes, “where there is a will, there is a way,” and wehave both the will and the way. Using Howard Beale in the film Network as ourguide, together we will lean out of our figurativewindows and scream, “I’m mad as hell and I’m notgoing to take it anymore.” We—you and WCLA—have the grassroots know-how to fight back. (WCLAjust needs help with the finances!) Give voice to your ideals and, above all else, vote.Vote the issue!

This newsletter is dedicated tothe memory of Bill Gips whowas a longtime friend to choiceand WCLA. He passed away onSeptember 23, 2003. He will begreatly missed.

Westchester Coalition for Legal Abortion, Inc. © 2003237 Mamaroneck Avenue, White Plains, NY 10605

914/946-5363 • www.wcla.orgPresident: Catherine Lederer-PlaskettExecutive Director: Judith A. KaufmanAssistant: Lenore Young

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Your VoteMatters!!!

By Judith A. KaufmanExecutive Director

By the time you read thisissue of ProChoice, the

Westchester County primaries will be long over and,therefore, old news. What should not be forgotten,however, is the abysmal turnout from the voters ofeach and every party. This means that in contestedraces less than one-quarter of the registered votersdecides who gets to run for office. Picking the candi-date for your party is clearly an important and oftendecisive issue. To refuse to engage means that youhave no say in the process. To compound the problem, the turnout for generalelections has been below 50%. This is truly a sorry anddangerous state of affairs. Democracy works only ifcitizens participate. While every election is not as sexy,exciting or earthshattering as others, each is crucial inhow our day-to-day lives play out. This Novemberevery seat on the Westchester County Board of Legisla-tors is up for a vote. It is your turn to be heard. On theissue that matters most to those of you reading thisnewsletter, please make sure you vote for the candi-

dates endorsed by WCLA. It is a testament to thepower of the pro-choice community and to WCLA, inparticular, that the balance on the County Board hasshifted so dramatically to the pro-choice side. We wantto keep it this way. The anti-choice fanatics do not missa chance to vote against pro-choice candidates. Do notbe fooled by claims that this is an unimportant election.No election is unimportant. The majority of the currentBoard is pro-choice and has fought whenever necessaryto protect a woman’s right to choose. Let’s make surethey are allowed to continue to do so. Tell your family, your friends and your neighbors togo to the polls on November 4th. Take our yellow votingguide with you. We cannot afford to sit back, relax andrely on someone else to take care of this for us. It isunfortunately true that America gets the government itdeserves. If you fail to exercise your right and privilegeto vote for the candidate you like, you have forfeitedthe right to complain when issues of vital importanceare decided by those who do not support your posi-tions. As they say, democracy is the worst system in theworld except when compared to all the others. It takestime, it takes effort and it is often messy. If we learnednothing else from the 2000 election fiasco, it is thatevery vote matters and making sure our vote is cast andcounted is all that stands between us and the rightwing anti-choice fanatics.

WCLA’s annual process ofmaking candidate endorse-

ments is deliberate and arduous. A review of all of WCLA’s votingguides shows no errors, thoughafter endorsement there have beensome switches to the other side ofthe issue. All candidates are giventhe opportunity to rethink theirpositions. Even strongly pro-choiceor anti-choice incumbents arequeried, just in case of a change ofmind. Except for candidates who inthe past were endorsed by theRight to Life Party, or who other-wise are known to be unreceptiveto abortion rights, WCLA mailseach candidate a two-page ques-tionnaire seeking his/her public

WCLA Endorsements: Careful Processposition on reproductive rights andtimely delivery of reproductivehealth services. The questionnaire is redrawneach year, as old issues disappearand new ones emerge. If a candidate misses the dead-line, WCLA follows up with phonecalls, frequently another copy of thequestionnaire, and then a letter.WCLA is more interested in ascer-taining the candidate’s position thanin strict adherence to a due date. Each questionnaire is reviewedas it is returned. If the questionnairereveals inconsistencies in a generallypro-choice set of responses, thecandidate is phoned to explain theintent of the question and discuss

the issue. Candidates are permittedto change an answer if they sowish. Occasionally a candidate isasked to meet with WCLA presidentand board chair Catherine Lederer-Plaskett to make sure that WCLAhas a clear understanding of thecandidate’s position on choice. All endorsements are made on astrictly non-partisan basis. WCLA’sboard of directors reviews thequestionnaires and discusses incum-bents’ records, leadership, andhelpfulness during the legislativesession. The board also reviews theopponents’ records. Each race isvoted separately. This process cantake hours, with most of the timespent on a few races.


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Unlike those running for other political office, candidatesfor judge are limited in terms of offering opinions on

disputed legal and political issues. In its judicial endorsementprocess, WCLA sends no questionnaires, but does discusswith candidates their general philosophies regarding preg-nant women and the law. To qualify for consideration byWCLA, candidates must agree to an interview and eschewthe Right to Life Party.

This year, there are:Three open seats for the State Supreme Court in the NinthJudicial District, which includes Westchester, Putnam,Dutchess, Rockland, and Orange Counties. Supreme Courtjustices serve a 14-year term.Three open seats forWestchester CountyCourt. These judgesserve a 10-year term.One open seat forWestchester CountyFamily Court. Thesejudges serve a 10-year term.

NYS SupremeCourt

WCLA endorses: 3Democrats and 1Republican: MountVernon City CourtJudge Colleen Duffy,White Plains CityCourt Judge Jo AnnFriia and OrangeCounty Family CourtJudge DebraKiedaisch and Westchester County Court Judge LawrenceHorowitz. Duffy has been on the bench in Mount Vernonsince 1998 and serving as an Acting Family Court Judge sinceMarch, 2003; Friia has been sitting on the bench in WhitePlains since 1993, since 1997 she has been the senior CityCourt Judge; Kiedaisch has been a Family Court Judge since1996 and for three of those years she served as an ActingSupreme Court Justice. Horowitz has been sitting on thebench since June 2003.

Westchester County Court JudgesTwo Democrats: Yes All others: NoCounty Court candidates former assistant district attorneySusan Cacace and Westchester County Surrogate’s Court’sprinicpal court attorney Robert DiBella have earnedWCLA’s endorsement, each for a second time.

WCLA considers all three Republican candidates—Alessandro, Bellantoni and Neary—anti-choice. Bellantoni didnot respond to WCLA’s request for an interview; Alessandrorefused to make himself available; and Neary said that he didnot wish the endorsement of a one-issue organization likeWCLA.

Voter AlertIn an unusual move, anti-choice Alessandro, a registeredRepublican, managed to get enough petition signatures toforce a Democratic primary. He was not selected by theWestchester County Democratic Party for one of the threeopen seats. Alessandro produced voluminous campaign

literature andran many adsbut never letthe votersknow he wasa Republican.Unfortunately,due in largepart to theluck of thedraw and towhere hisname ap-peared on theballot,Alessandromanaged towin one of theDemocraticslots. He is,therefore,running as aRepublican, aDemocrat anda Conserva-

tive. No matter how many lines he runs on, he is still anti-choice.

Family Court JudgeWCLA endorses both Democratic candidate Deputy CountyAttorney Kathie Davidson and Republican candidateWestchester Family Court Judge Annette Guarino. Davidsonhas served as Deputy County attorney in Westchester since1998. Guarino has been sitting on the bench since June2003.

Electing Judges: Pro-Choice vs. No-Choice

Don’t losethe right to choose!

Westchester Coalition for Legal Abortion WCLA-PACAutumn 2003

County Legislator Endorsements

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District 5

Westchester Coalition forLegal Abortion once again

endorses William (Bill) Ryan,who is running for his third termas the county legislator for District5. Ryan, a pro-choice advocate, isa longtime friend and supporterof WCLA. As a member of the New YorkState Assembly in the 1980s,Ryan was an active and vocaladvocate for choice. In his firstcampaign for the County Board in1997, he pledged to continue to

fight for a woman’s right to choose if elected and he hasdone so without fail. Ryan has “more faith in women makingthe right decision for themselves than in government makingit for them…A woman’s right to choose is absolute andshould not be subject to legislation.” Ryan is currently the Vice Chair of the Board of Legislatorsand serves on the Legislation, Public Works, Energy, Environ-ment and Health, Officers and Departments, and RulesCommittees. District 5 voters which now include all, not justpart, of Scarsdale must get out to vote to ensure that ourpro-choice legislators will continue to be a majority of theBoard.

District 3

County legislator hopeful John Nonna is, without doubt,the superior candidate in this race to fill the District 3

open seat. Nonna, a former Mayor of Pleasantville for sevenyears, is a strong believer in choice. As a practicing attorney,Nonna recognizes the need to protect reproductive rights forall women. In sharp contrast, his opponent — who refused to returnWCLA’s calls, answer our letter, or return our questionnaire— is clearly anti-choice. WCLA is pleased to endorse John Nonna who “recognizesthe need to stand up and fight for issues that are importantto those [I] serve.”

District 6

Martin Rogowsky summed up hisposition on choice when he

said, “I continue to believe that awoman’s right to choose is a funda-mental right that must be protectedby elected officials. We must chal-lenge and defeat the movementtoward restricting access to abor-tions.”Rogowsky’s commitment to choiceand to WCLA dates back to 1974,just two years shy of the founding ofWCLA! We are proud to endorsehim.Rogowsky was first elected to the County Legislature in 1990and then again on May 14, 2002 when he regained his seatin a special election. As a member of the County Board ofLegislators in the early 1990s Rogowsky’s pro-choice recordwas unblemished. He helped pass a resolution asking Con-gress to abrogate the domestic ‘gag rule’ imposed by Presi-dent Reagan. He was also a co-signatory of letters to U.S.Senators and Representatives urging support of the Freedomof Choice Act and letters to the NYS Legislature pressing forpassage of the Health Care Facilities Access Bill.

District 11

WCLA is endorsing Jim Maisano, apro-choice Republican county

legislator, over a pro-choice Democrat,Jack Scarangella. WCLA reccognizesthe leadership role Maisano has playedas an outspoken advocate for choicesince becoming a proponent of repro-ductive rights in 2000.

District 17

WCLA endorses Maria Chiulli, the Republican candidatefor District 17, in her bid for election to the

Westchester County Board. Since first deciding to run foroffice, Chiulli has educated herself on abortion rights and hasbecome a proponent of a woman’s right to choose. Chiulli is not a stranger to the residents of the Yonkerscommunity. She has served on the Yonkers School Board andbeen actively involved in Republican political campaigns.

District 16, from page one

Stewart-Cousins, in collaboration with other CountyBoard members, has focused attention on the difficult issueof domestic violence. One of their achievements is that theCounty now has a program which allows local police to usespecial camera equipment to gather “instant photographicevidence” at crime scenes of violence and abuse. Thesephotos have frequently helped convict batterers. WCLA is happy to endorse Stewart-Cousins. She is animportant voice for women and for reproductive rights. Thepro-choice community must vote. We can make the differ-ence for Andrea Stewart-Cousins in this election.

Protect Your Rights!VOTE!!!


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After one of the most exhaustive manhunts in history,Eric Robert Rudolph, a survivalist wanted for the

bombing at the 1996 Olympics and attacks on abortionclinics, was arrested while “dumpster-diving” behind asupermarket in Murphy, North Carolina. Much to thesurprise and probable embarrassment of the authorities,Rudolph was taken into custody by a rookie policeofficer who had been on the job for less than a year anddid not know whom he was arresting. A colleaguerecognized Rudolph from FBI wanted posters which hadbeen displayed all over town. The five-year search forRudolph cost more than $20 million and involvedhundreds of agents. Rudolph had been on the run since he was named asa suspect in the January 29, 1998 abortion clinic bomb-ing in Birmingham, Alabama which killed an off-dutypolice officer and critically wounded a nurse. Officialsadded Rudolph to the FBI’s 10 most wanted list in May,1998 after concluding that evidence linked the 1996bombing at Centennial Olympic Park in Atlanta, Georgia(killing one and injuring more than 100), the 1997bombing of an abortion clinic in a suburb of Atlanta(injuring 7), the 1997 bombing outside an Atlanta gaynightclub (injuring 5) and the 1998 Birmingham bomb-ing. In October, 1998, federal officials formally chargedRudolph with all three 1996 bombings in Atlanta. Rudolph is known as a white supremacist and an avidskilled outdoorsman who apparently became a folk heroto people in western North Carolina. It is highly doubtfulthat he could have survived in the woods for the last fiveyears without help from local townspeople. In fact, T-shirts and bumper stickers were printed that read, “Run,Rudolph, Run” and “Eric Rudolph the Hide and SeekChampion of the World”. In June, 2003, authorities decided to try Rudolph firstin Birmingham, Alabama for the clinic bombing. On June2nd, Rudolph was flown to Birmingham where he is inthe county jail awaiting his first trial. On June 26th,Federal prosecutors amended the indictment, originallyissued in 2000, to add “aggravating circumstances”allowing them to seek the death penalty. In July, amotion was filed by the government seeking to post-pone the trial date. The additional time was requested toallow for a full review of the evidence and to provide theJustice Department with sufficient time to conduct therequired death penalty review and authorization. Nodecision has been made on whether the government willseek the death penalty, but the motion for additionaltime was granted. Regardless of the outcome in Birmingham, Rudolphwill still face trials on the other bombings in Atlanta.

Eric Robert RudolphFinally Caught

Partial Birth Abortion:The FactsAdvocates of a ban on so-called “Partial Birth Abortion”

(PBA) describe it as a narrow exception to reproductiverights, intended to prevent a clearly-defined and particularlyobjectionable late-term procedure. Because the term “PartialBirth Abortion” is so graphic and inflamatory, some other-wise pro-choice Americans express support for a PBA ban. Know the facts. The PBA bans about to be signed intolaw in Washington and under consideration in Albany areneither narrow nor clearly-defined. They criminalize a wholerange of medically recommended abortion procedures,threaten women’s health, and insert government directly intothe relationship between doctor and patient. The intent ofsuch bans is not to carve out a small exception to reproduc-tive rights, but rather to circumvent and undermine theConstitutional protections at the heart of Roe v. Wade.Myth: PBA is a clearly-defined medical term.

Fact: PBA is not mentioned in any medical textbook orrecognized by any doctor. There is a medical procedurecalled Intact D&E. It is employed very rarely and only whena doctor deems it to be the safest method of abortion for aparticular patient. PBA bans are often assumed to betargeted at Intact D&E, but their legislative language is, inevery case, much more sweeping.

Myth: A PBA ban would only prohibit abortions late in thethird trimester.

Fact: Because PBA is defined so vaguely and broadly, a banwould prohibit abortions much earlier in pregnancy. Thirdtrimester abortions are already illegal in every state except tosave the woman’s health or life, so the proposed PBA bansclearly have a different and much more sweeping intent.

Myth: A PBA ban would not threaten women’s health.

Fact: Doctors employ the abortion method deemed safestfor their patients. By prohibiting a range of procedures, aPBA ban would require doctors to employ methods that areless medically appropriate and, thereby, subject women to aseries of health risks, including severe infection or sterility.Myth: The medical community supports a PBA Ban.

Fact: PBA bans are opposed by the American College ofObstetricians and Gynecologists, the American Public HealthAssociation, the American Nurses Association, and theAmerican Medical Women’s Association.Myth: PBA bans do not challenge the basic Constitutionalprotections of Roe v. Wade.

Fact: PBA is part of well-orchestrated strategy to chip awayat fundamental reproductive rights. Anti-choice leadersknow that most Americans are pro-choice, so they havechosen to repackage their agenda in a seemingly moderatewrapper. By prohibiting medically safe and appropriateabortion procedures, PBA bans directly challenge the Consti-tutional framework of Roe.

Westchester Coalition for Legal Abortion WCLA-PACAutumn 20039

By Rep. Nita M. Lowey

As we approach the end of thefirst session of the 108th Con-

gress, we are reminded that theelections of the last eight years arehaving a profound effect on our rightto choose. Since 1995, Congress hascast more than 160 votes on repro-ductive rights and family planning,and pro-choice advocates have been defeated in all but 29 ofthese. We have lost our majority in both the House and theSenate and this Administration is as determined as the anti-choice Congress to turn back the clock on thirty years ofreproductive freedom. With the change of a President, the loss of just one seat inthe Senate, and a judicial system tilted to the far right, we arethe closest we have ever been to having a federal ban onabortion enacted into law. Less than 6 months after com-memorating the 30th anniversary of the Supreme Court’sdecision in Roe v. Wade, the United States Congress for thethird time, passed the so-called “partialbirth” abortion ban. The bill contains no protection for the health of a woman,leaves no role for the physician treating a woman and nevermentions fetal viability. Congress was wrong to pass this banand the President would be wrong to sign it into law. The enactment of this measure will mark the first time thefederal government has criminalized a medical procedure,simply because the proponents of this bill do not agree withthe Supreme Court. Sadly, this shouldn’t surprise us. On theday Roe was decided, we witnessed a political movementtake shape; a movement whose sole purpose is to outlaw

abortion and limit reproductive options for all women. In reflecting on the long debate over abortion, I wasstruck by something that I heard Justice Sandra DayO’Connor say not long ago. Justice O’Connor said that shewas drawn to the law because she saw the role it plays inshaping our society: “I don’t think the law often leadssociety,” she said. “It really is a statement of society’s beliefsin a way.” The anti-choice community and I would likelyagree with Justice O’Connor—except I believe that Roe v.Wade continues to express our society’s beliefs, and theydon’t. Roe said that the decision to terminate a pregnancy isprivate and personal, and should be made by a woman andher family without undue interference from the government.I-and the American people-still believe this. Opponents of awoman’s right to choose do not. If more elected officials followed the lead of JusticeO’Connor, I believe that the laws of this country would moreaccurately represent the beliefs of the American people.Rather than voting on a “partialbirth” abortion ban ninetimes in eight years, I would cast votes to fully fund familyplanning programs, or to include contraceptive coverage inall insurance plans, or to ensure that every dedicated doctorwho wishes to provide abortion services to women has thetraining and security to do so. If we safeguard every woman’s fundamental right tomanage her own fertility, then we empower her to takecontrol of her future and invite her to be an integral part ofthe social, economic, and political life of this country. We know that the majority of the American peoplesupport freedom of choice. Somehow, this has been lost onour elected officials. It is our job to remind them. The fightfor choice isn’t won or lost just in the halls of Congress or inthe courts. It is also fought district by district, and state bystate. The threat is real and it’s immediate and we must makesure that pro-choice America is educated, mobilized, andready to vote.

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thereforeturn ultimately controls whether the hospital willcontinue to provide abortions. The CBL enters into contractswith the Medical Center to provide services to inmates of thecounty jail.

County Health Department: The county decides whetherCounty Health Department clinics will provide reproductivehealth services, counseling, and referral for abortions.

Department of Social Services: The DSS administers the systemby which pregnant women can get fast-track Medicaid eligibilityfor pregnancy-related conditions, including abortion. The CBLoversees the DSS to ensure a full range of reproductive servicesare provided by HMOs to those who are eligible for DSSassistance.

County Jail: The CBL decides whether inmates will get preg-nancy tests, abortions, and prenatal care on request, andwithout delay.

Commissioners: The county executive appoints, and countylegislators vote to confirm, commissioners. Commissionersimportant to the pro-choice issue are Health, Social Services,and Corrections.

Citizen Information Service: The county decides whether it willinclude referrals to clients for family planning and abortions.

Office for Women: The county executive and the CBL deter-mine the budget and the number of positions in an office thatprovides a wide range of services and information for women.

Women’s Advisory Board: The county executive and the CBLdetermine the make-up of the Women’s Advisory Board.

Legislation on other levels of government: The county lobbieson state and federal issues that relate to reproductive healthcare. The CBL votes on resolutions supporting or opposinglegislation passed and/or proposed by the higher levels ofgovernment.

Future office holders: County and local offices are springboardsfor politicians seeking higher office.

ATTENTION VOTERS!Although every race is important, there are certain winnableraces that are worthy of special attention: The WCLA’sendorsed pro-choice candidates are:Supreme Court: Judge Colleen Duffy, Judge Jo Ann Friia,Judge Debra Kiedaisch, and Judge Lawrence Horowitz.County Court: Susan Cacace and Robert DiBella.District 3: Open seat: John NonnaDistrict 4: Incumbent Michael KaplowitzDistrict 5: Incumbent Bill RyanDistrict 6: Incumbent Martin RogowskyDistrict 16: Incumbent Andrea Stewart-CousinsDistrict 17: Challenger Maria Chiulli

When we mailed out our last newsletter there had beenserious opposition to many of the Bush nominees

pending before the full Senate. Unfortunately, votes havenow been held and four more right-wing, anti-choice, circuitcourt judicial candidates, described in the Spring Pro-Choiceissue have been confirmed:

6th Circuit: Jeffrey SuttonDeborah L. Cook

8th Circuit: Lavenski SmithD.C. Circuit: John G. Roberts

In what passes for good news these days, three of themost egregious and fiercely protested appointments havenot been voted on. Our pro-choice senators have stayedstrong. The filibusters against Miguel A. Estrada ( D.C.Circuit), Alabama Attorney General William Pryor (11th

Circuit) and Priscilla Owen (5th Circuit) have held firm despiteoutrageous maneuvering by Senate Republicans to changelong-standing rules governing the number of votes requiredto defeat a filibuster. A vote has not yet been scheduled onthe nomination of Carolyn Kuhl (9th Circuit). In an obvious slap at Senate Democrats, Bush renomi-nated Charles Pickering, Sr. to the 5th U.S. Circuit Court ofAppeals in January, 2003. Pickering’s nomination hadpreviously been rejected by the Senate Judiciary Committee.This time around, with the committee under Republicancontrol, the vote was strictly on party lines (10-9) and onOctober 2d the nomination was approved and sent to thefull Senate. Democrats have not yet announced whetherthey will filibuster this nominee as well. In a stunningdevelopment, Miguel Estrada gave up his fight to be ap-pointed to the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals and withdrewfrom consideration on September 4, 2003. His withdrawalwas a direct result of the united front presented by SenateDemocrats. Of great importance to the pro-choice community is thatnone of the US Supreme Court Justices decided to retire atthe end of the past session, as was widely feared and/oranticipated. Conventional wisdom holds that a retirementwould be unlikely in 2004 as it is a presidential election year.It is also believed that all current Court members wanted toparticipate in the special session which was held in Septem-ber, 2003, and was devoted to arguing the legality of thecampaign finance reform law. Christian Coalition founder and TV preacher Rev. PatRobertson, however, plans to chart his own course for theSupreme Court Justices. In his July 14, 2003 broadcast of the“700 Club,” Robertson called for “miracles in regard to theSupreme Court.” He launched a 21-day “prayer offensive”directed at the Supreme Court. Robertson asked his viewersto pray for the “retirement” of several of the high court’sjustices, noting that one justice is 83 years old (Justice JohnPaul Stevens), one has cancer (Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg)and another (unknown) has a heart condition. Happily, hisprayers were not answered. Truth is, indeed, sometimesstranger than fiction.

Judicial Update


Alan Hevesi: Comptroller for ChoiceIn more than 30years ofpublicservice,both as alegislatorand afiduciary,Alan G.Hevesi hasstaunchlyadvocated

for choice and access to family planningservices. In his new role as New YorkState Comptroller, a job that makes himthe sole trustee of a $105 billionpension fund, the nation’s secondlargest, he will continue the fight forevery woman’s right to choose. Mr. Hevesi said there are a numberof ways, as State Comptroller, that hecould influence debate on choice andfamily planning, and that he would seekout opportunities to do so. First, as one of the nation’s largestinstitutional investors, Mr. Hevesi hassaid he will support pro-choice andoppose anti-choice resolutions andencourage companies, expanding themarket for family planning products andservices. Second, the State Comptrollerapproves contracts entered into by Stateagencies. Mr. Hevesi is committed toclosely monitoring contracts issued bythe Department of Health to ensurethat they do not present unnecessaryhurdles to accessing family planningservices for women of child-bearingage. He also plans to conduct audits tomeasure the effectiveness and identifyweaknesses of state programs intendedto ensure the availability of familyplanning services. Third, he has directed his staff toclosely follow policy debates andproposed legislation that he has sup-ported, such as a bill now awaiting thegovernor’s consideration that wouldrequire hospital emergency rooms toprovide rape victims with access toemergency contraception. Another billcurrently before the Legislature inAlbany would permit emergency

contraception as a standard option oftreatment rather than require a specificprescription for every individual case.As State Comptroller, Mr. Hevesi saidhe would try to have a positive influ-ence on debates by citing the relevantfiscal impact of proposals. Finally, he intends to maintain opencommunications with advocates forchoice to identify other opportunitieswhere the Office of the State Comp-troller can be helpful. Mr. Hevesi’s commitment to choicehas been as clear in his previous rolesas it promises to be while he serves asState Comptroller. During his 22 yearsin the New York State Assembly (1971-1994), he held several high-rankingpositions that allowed him to be aneffective supporter of choice. Inaddition to serving as Deputy MajorityLeader and Assistant Majority Leader,Mr. Hevesi chaired several key commit-tees during his tenure, including theAssembly Health Committee, theAssembly Subcommittee on HealthCare and the Assembly Task Force onthe Disabled. He led the fight in theState Legislature against the annualeffort to stop Medicaid funding forabortions. He was the “conscience ofthe Assembly” on abortion rights andsuccessfully fought for the right of poorwomen to receive government assis-tance for the procedure. However, he was not a one-issuelegislator. Mr. Hevesi championed otherhealth issues and was responsible forthe enactment of a number of health-related laws, including:

• The prohibition of medical experi-ments on people without their volun-tary, informed consent• The nursing home reform act• The nation’s first hospice law• The creation of the State Health andHypertension Institute (for research ontreatments for high blood pressure)• The requirement for hospitals to treatall emergency patients regardless oftheir ability to pay.

Mr. Hevesi authored a two-part seriesof articles on abortion in the Empire

State Report: “Never an Easy Answer”(May, 1988) and “A Lawmaker’sDilemma” (June, 1988). Meanwhile, Comptroller Hevesicontinues to carefully monitor healthissues on both the state and nationallevels. Another bill currently beingconsidered by the State Assemblywould enact the “Public UniversityEmergency Contraception Act” torequire every college and university ofthe State University of New York andthe City University of New York toprovide emergency contraception toany student requesting it. The billwould also require the widespreadprovision of information at suchcolleges and universities on the safetyand availability of emergency contra-ception on campus. Looking at abortion rights from anational perspective, ComptrollerHevesi stated that the election ofGeorge W. Bush to the White Housewas “the most direct challenge to awoman’s right to choose”.

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A doctor brought her in. He called me and said, “Will you admit her on yourservice? She’s got a strangulated hernia.” I said, “Well, why don’t you send

her to general surgery?” He said, “I think it’s in your field.” She came in andshe had a loop of bowel hanging out of her vagina wrapped in newspaper andthat was the “strangulated hernia”. And what he [the abortionist] did wasperforate the uterus. He pulled out the bowel with his aborting instruments andhe thought it was fetal bowel. She had literally over thirty inches of bowelhanging out of her vagina. And the poor woman should have died from severalcauses – bowel obstruction, septicemia, and everything else. I operated and dida bowel resection, pulled this damn dirty bowel out of the uterus and vagina,and she lived. But many others died.(Taylor Buckley, former chief resident in a big city general hospital in the early1940’s, in Doctors of Conscience, by Carol Joffe, Beacon Press, 1995)

In Fruitland, Idaho, Spring Adams, a13-year-old girl, found herself

pregnant, a result of repeated sexualabuse by her father. Spring was unableto obtain Medicaid funding for herabortion because the state refuses topay for abortions that are a result ofrape or incest. She notified her father,who shot her to death with a .30caliber rifle while she lay sleeping. Morethan a year later he had not been

Lest We Forget

Spring’s Story: Nightmares of Today

A man decided to fly a Paralite SkyCruiser over a high school campus

in southern California so that he coulddrop leaflets on the students. Theleaflets said, among other things: “Youare in the Matrix. Truth is evil. Abortionis good. There are people in front of theschool with signs and pictures that youmust not look at. They will show youthings you must not see.” After drop-ping the leaflets, this man accidentallystuck his hand in the plane’s propeller,severing two fingers. Immediatelythereafter, he crashed the plane into atree. Unfortunately, only one finger wasrecovered. There is no word on whetherdoctors were able to reattach the digit. The police later learned the pilot wasa “Christian activist”. His intent: togenerate an audience for the local anti-choice demonstration being held infront of the school. No one knows if hisattempt at reverse psychology had theintended effect.

Truth is StrangerThan Fiction

sentenced but incest victims across thecountry are still forced to notify theirabusers of their abortion decisions,risking consequences as deadly asSpring Adams’.

(From Shattering the Dreams of YoungWomen: The Tragic Consequences ofParental Involvement Laws, Reproduc-tive Freedom Project of the ACLU,1991)

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InsideA Special Day.............................. 2Your Vote Matters..................... 3WLCA Endorsement Process................3Electing Judges...........................4

Legislator Endorsements...................54-Choice Photos.............................6-7PBA Facts and Myths...............................8Eric Rudolph Caught...............................8Nita Lowey................................... 9

Judicial Update..........................10Hevesi for Choice..............................11Your Elected Officials........................12Lest We Forget.................................13Nightmare of Today..........................13

WCLA plans to add a silent auctionto our next big event in the late

spring. Your contributions are verymuch welcome and needed. Perhapsyou’d like to contribute tickets to asports event or to the circus, dinner at arestaurant, a weekend house, flowers,gardening expertise, etc. We wouldappreciate your help. Please call, writeor email with ideas, suggestions,sources or actual items/services whichcould be used. (914) 946-5363/[email protected]

REMEMBERWalk For Choice

Sunday, October 26, 200310 am sign-in/registration

at Westchester County Center (Rt 119 and Central Avenue).

The walk begins at 11 am.

Bring your friends, your children, your spouses and partners.This will be a family/children friendly event with speakers,

activities, t-shirts.

Numbers do matter. We need a large turn-out !The march starts near the County Center and goes to Tibbits

Park (at the end of Main St.), White Plains

For pledge sheets and additional information contact:Catherine or Judith, (914) 946-5363,

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Partial List of Co-Sponsors: All Women’s Health & Medical ServicesP.C., Hanee Designs, ICAN Realty Corp., Miano Viel Salon & Spa,

NARAL Pro-Choice NY, NOW-NYS, Planned ParenthoodHudson Peconic Inc., Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice,

Republican Pro-Choice Coalition-New York Chapter, RidgeHistorical Society, Westchester Coalition for Democracy, Westchester

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