Endorsements 2017!

Supreme Court Justice 9TH Judicial District Westchester, Rockland, Putnam, Dutchess and Orange Counties CHRISTI ACKER Westchester County Court GEORGE E FUFIDIO JR Westchester Family Court ARLENE  GORDON-OLIVER Westchester County Executive GEORGE S LATIMER  Westchester County Clerk TIMOTHY C IDONI *       WESTCHESTER COUNTY LEGISLATURE District 1 Peekskill, Buchanan, parts of Yorktown and Cortlandt NANCY  … Read more


Hate Right Here in Westchester

– What we feared is indeed the new reality – This White House is in the hands of anti-Semitic misogynistic white supremacists. Dear Pro-Choice Voters, Donald Trump and his closest advisers have turned the clock back to a time where discrimination and hate were an accepted, common trait of American life. They began before the General Election with  … Read more


Where Will Our Women Go?

by Nicky Brussel Faria Reproductive freedom in the United States has been under siege for years. Since November, state governments have been passing abortion restrictions at a record speed. Every new regulation passed further limits what was once a recognized Constitutional right – the right for every woman to be able to have a safe, legal  … Read more


Resist – Day of Action – Thurs. July 13th

Join Us  Thursday, July 13th, for knocking on doors and canvasing in Ossining!  Meet up at  5 p.m. First Village Coffee 123 Main Street (across from the Post Office) Ossining, NY 10562 RSVP to Nicky@ChoiceMatters.org We are targeting all 8 IDC* districts beginning with NYS Senate District #38, David Carlucci’s district. Why start with Carlucci’s  … Read more


The IDC* Mantra: When all else fails, LIE

Clearly Choice Matters’ expose of the IDC’s anti-choice actions as well as their tactics of obstruction of all progressive legislation is taking its toll.  They just sent out a mailing  implying that their 8 rogue members were endorsed by Planned Parenthood — NOT! The truth is: 1. Planned Parenthood had nothing to do with the  … Read more


Schneiderman: an AG for Women!

Eric Schneiderman, New York’s Attorney General, has once again shown he gets it! “It” in this instance is women’s right to privacy which includes accessing reproductive healthcare safely. On June 20th,  New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman introduced a lawsuit to “protect women from abuse and intimidation outside of a reproductive health clinic in Queens.”  … Read more


Astorino on Abortion

When Astorino decided to run for the office of Governor in New York State, in 2014,  he altered his position on abortion from opposing it under any condition to  opposing abortion, except for rape, incest & maternal life. Astorino, in his capacity as a Westchester County Executive, hasn’t had many chances to take action on  … Read more


IDC Votes “NO” to Planned Parenthood Funding

On April 4, 2017, NYS Senator Persaud introduced an amendment to the NYS budget that proposed emergency funding for Planned Parenthood if and when the federal government cut funding to the organization. In her comments, Senator Persaud detailed the need for the services and the people who rely on them. All 8 IDC members voted  … Read more


Your actions did this!

BECAUSE OF YOUR PHONE CALLS, All of the IDC members are now co-sponsors of the Reproductive Health Act. (All because of You!) BUT they are still blocking Us!  THE IDC MEMBERS insist on governing with the Party of Trump, the Republican Party. NOT UNTIL they return to the Democratic Caucus (the one to which their constituents elected them & the  … Read more