So, You’re a Little Bit Pro-Choice?
NOPE! You can’t be a little bit Pro-Choice just like you can’t be a little bit pregnant! Regardless, some candidates are trying to deceive voters by making claims that they are “pro-choice” when, in fact, they are not.
Republican Supreme Court candidate John Ciampoli claims to be “Pro-Choice”, but defines it as permitting abortion only in cases of rape, incest, or to save the life of the woman. County Legislature candidate Democrat Michael Peppard’s definition includes placing serious limitations on abortion access because
“none of our legal rights are limitless.” He opposes some Reproductive Health Act and Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) inclusions; refuses to commit to voting against financial and legal limitations placed on women’s reproductive care; and would allow religious hospitals to eliminate reproductive care at non-sectarian hospitals. In a nutshell, NOT Pro-Choice.
Finally, there’s Nassau Republican County Executive Bruce Blakeman who is running for governor of NY against Pro-Choice ally Kathy Hochul. Blakeman refused to submit our questionnaire yet spouts his dubious “pro-choice” declarations.
He has declined to explain his view of reproductive rights
except to say that only “early” abortions are okay. He has flatly refused to provide answers on gestational limits, funding, age, or anything else. Blakeman wants you to take his disingenuous claim at face value – but his own actions expose him as ANTI-CHOICE.
Blakeman downplayed the overturning of Roe v. Wade and dismissed it as ‘not a concern’. A Trump-loving MAGA zealot, he surrounds himself with anti-abortion extremists. He embraced Trump’s horrendous budgets and the Big Beautiful Bill which cut funding for all services to Planned Parenthood, resulting in over 2 million people losing access to health services including mammograms and pap smears, and forced 500,000+ off health insurance.
Blakeman also supported the 2025 Trump/Lawler nationwide ban on abortion care which applies to all Veteran Administration healthcare facilities across the United States.
This ban overrides state laws, meaning hundreds of thousands of veterans and their families cannot access abortion care even in states that protect abortion rights!
Bruce Blakeman is ANTI-CHOICE and CANNOT be trusted.